Denmark Trip - Day 8 - Tved, DK to Hovedgard, DK

Summer House, Tved -- Woke at about 7 AM, had coffee and drove Marie’s car to Lotte’s house. Carol helped clean up the kitchen a little and at 9 AM, Carol, Andrii, and I left. We dropped Andrii off at a place where Andres left a car for Andrii to borrow for the day and continued on to Bill and Bente’s house in Hovedgard.

We arrived around 10:45 AM. Bill gave us a tour of his house and gardens. The house looked like a classic old Danish cottage, but Bill said it was built in the 1960’s. It had a beautiful, thatched roof and classic black wood beams that framed a white exterior.

Bill thought the property was about 1 acre which included paths that wound through the gardens to a large pond. While walking through the garden, I almost stepped on a snail that was the biggest snail I’d ever seen.

I’m not a snail expert but, I suspect it was Helix pomatia or escargot which, according to Wikipedia, is one of the biggest snails found in Europe. 

Besides snails, Bill said he occasionally sees a variety of birds and animals including European hare, deer, fox and hedgehogs. Carol gave Bill a quilt she made for him and then Bill treated us to salmon lox, bread, cheese, prosciutto, salami, fish in mustard sauce, etc. outside on the patio. 

Bente arrived after work around 2 PM and we had coffee and cake. We talked for a few hours and left around 6:30 PM.

After getting back to the summer house, Carol and I snacked on crackers, cheese, and drink.
Talked with Lotte and made tentative plans for taking a walk on the beach tomorrow. Lotte said she would have coffee ready at her house around 8 AM.

Things I Learned On This Day (#TILOTD) –

• Denmark has hares the size of U.S. Jackrabbits
• Denmark has huge snails