Merry Christmas
The Christmas tree with real candle lights and lots of presents.
Playing games while waiting for the big Christmas dinner to begin. In Denmark we celebrate Christmas on the evening of the 24th of December. This is how the night normally onfolds itself:
-watching the same Christmas shows on TV as last year, and the year before, for as long as I remember
-eating dinner for hours (usually roasted duck stuffed with prunes and apples served with caramelised potatoes, warm red cabbage and boiled apples and for desert ris a la mande (rise desert with lots of almonds and vanilla)
-walking around the Christmas tree holding hands and singing songs
-finally present and lots of special marzipan Christmas sweets and lots of coffee
Happy New Year
The settings... Welcome on board Ansoba. The water level was very high and we had to put on gum boots to get to the front door.
Lots of nice food...
Mmmmmm, Sophie made a delicious New Years cake made of mainly marzipan. The cake is enjoyed with Champagne at 2 seconds past midnight while listening to the national song broadcasted live on TV.
More New Year
A flooded harbour
On this particular morning the water level was extremely high. My parents could not get off the boat and I had to 'rescue' them at 7:30 in the morning. I was still dark when I had to overcome the weather and locate the rubber dighy on an area of the harbour that was supposed to be dry. However, this morning the rubber dinghy was floating in 30 cm of water and I barely managed to get to it with getting wet. The morning 'rescue' went well and we all got to work in time.
Finally the snow arrived
Must be the 6th sense. I can feel it when I wake up: SNOW. It is a very special feeling to wake up knowing when you look out the window everything is covered in a fine layer of white snow. I love the snow. It lights up the dark winter months (but it is not fun when the snow turns into black slush and all your clothes is wet but that is a different story).
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