Catch up: Adventure 2, Denmark and a Julefrokost

Hello again :) Today I am going to catch everyone up on a little adventure. This was a quick weekend trip to Denmark for my first "Danish" Christmas party. This little trip happened before my adventure in Geneva. This trip was so quick, that I did not get a chance to do any real "tourist" things, but it was still an adventure non-the-less!

My first trip to Denmark:  and my first "Julefrokost" ( Danish Christmas celebration). This trip was going to be a quickie. We woke up at 6AM on Friday morning, and spent the next 10 hours driving to Mikkel's hometown of Hundested. The drive took us north through Holland. Then into and across Northern Germany, where we caught a ferry into Denmark. It was quite a long road trip, but it was fun. This was also the first time I would be meeting Mikkel's friends back home, and I would also meet some of his family... This translated to me being extremely NERVOUS...

Friday Night we had dinner with his friend Louise and her family. They were so nice and friendly that it put all my nerves at ease! Saturday we woke up and set off on a tour of Hundested via Car... There was a lot of snow on the ground, and it was really cold out, so driving around was quite difficult. Difficult enough that we actually got the car stuck. Luckily a friendly jogger saw that we were stuck and came to help Mikkel push the car to get us un-stuck. After the sight seeing tour, we headed to his Grandmother's house. She was so adorable and again really nice. Seeing as how I do not know any Danish, and his grandmother does not know any English, Mikkel spent the entire visit translating. It was a nice visit, and I ended up leaving with a little present... my very own box of chocolate covered Danish Marzipan! Mikkel was warned that those chocolates were all mine, and that he better not eat any... but being the nice person I am I did eventually share... ( 1 piece out of an entire box is sharing , right???)

Saturday evening was the Julefrokost, which started at 2pm and went late into the evening. There was tons of traditional Danish food, the nastiest alcohol I have ever tasted, Schnapps, and way too much fun to be had. All of his friends were nice, and they all spoke English. Great conversations were had all night long, and it was great to not feel like an outsider. With all of the fun we were having, I think we "forgot" that we had to get up at 6AM the next morning for the drive back home...

6AM came way too quickly, and I was the one who was less hung over, therefore I was tasked with the responsibility of driving us back home... Saying I was nervous would be belittling how frightened I really was... but I had to put on my big girl pants, and just GET IT DONE!!! I made it through Denmark to the Ferry. I got some breakfast on the ferry, and that perked me up, and then I was ready for Germany. Yay for high speed limits :) I love driving fast, and when you don't get in trouble for it, well that is even better! I was still timid about the speed, so I think the fastest I dared go was 180kph. Not bad for my first time though! Once we reached Holland it was time to set the cruise control. They have very strict speed restriction in Holland, and I do not need any speeding tickets... I only got lost once ( and I completely blame that on the GPS.) All in all, we made it home safe and sound, and completely exhausted. This quick trip to Denmark was great, and I really look forward to being able to go back and actually seeing and experiencing more!