We also stopped at the Nordsøen Oceanarium in Hirtshals on Thursday to escape all the rain and wind for a while. We caught a seal show/feeding and spent a few hours seeing many varieties of fish found in Northern European waters. Andrew even got to see what it would be like to be a fish...
On Friday, we caught a break with the weather and drove south to Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city. We stopped at the coast on the way, but once in the city we headed straight to Den Gamle By, an authentic open air museum full of old houses and historical characters (in the same vein as Williamsburg, Virginia). Andrew and Amit learned how to walk on stilts, we saw some old half-timber houses, and toured some authentic old homes.
We spent some time in downtown Aarhus on Friday afternoon, and introduced our friends to the delicious Danish pølser (hotdog) for lunch!
On Saturday we wandered around Aalborg, shopping and eating, and then took a long bike ride in the afternoon. We came home and everyone tried a traditional pickled herring meal with the standard Aalborg schnapps - not surprisingly, it was not to everyone's liking... We finished out their visit by going to Jomfru Ane Gade last night for a game of nails at Heidi's. (You'll have to come to Aalborg to find out how to play!) And they all left early this morning to head back to their respective homes.
More photos of this fantastic visit are on flickr. I'm heading back to Chicago in a few days (!) and then we go to Venice in the end of June!
