So, things I left out from Day 2. Asa made swedish meatballs for dinner. It was delicious. Also, we had a sort of Funen Island birthday cake, a gooier coffee cake. And we talked a lot about the family tree! Oh and dinner day 1 was a very Danish fried fish with potatoes. Very very good as well.
Day 3: Pancakes for breakfast, biking around Odense. I borrowed Olaf's bike while he and Asa used their tandem bike. It was too cute for words. We went to Funen Village, a place where they gathered different old farm houses from around Funen Island to display in a sort of outdoor museum, complete with cows, chickens, and a brewing demonstration. Also, it was a beautiful day for being outside, which made the experience even better. We ate at a Jensen's Bofhus for dinner, a nice and inexepensive steak house, sort of reminded me of Applebees, but Scandinavian. In the evening, Olaf cooked a pork roast (very Danish, as Denmark provides the UK with all it's pork and still has lots left over), then he showed me many old family documents and photos, and even the family coat of arms!
Day 4: Said goodbye to Asa and Nils in the morning. Very sad, as I had a wonderful time getting reacquainted with them. Olaf and I took the train to Copenhagen, then up to Helsingor, walked around the town for a bit, took the ferry to Helsingborg, walked around and had lunch (a beef stew like my mom makes) at a nice restaurant, then travelled to Lund. In Lund saw the university, the cathedral and heard about the story of Finn the giant, learned about "fika", and heard many stories from Olaf's past in Lund. Then parted ways in Lund, as he headed back home and I made my way up to Stockholm, where I will be staying until early Friday morning.
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