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Celebrating my 50th birthday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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On my way from hotel to car rental.
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We stayed with my cousin Arne and his wife Else Lill in Hedensted, Denmark.
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Else Lill and Julia.
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We ate like Kings and Queens.
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I'm in Heaven!
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The very best food.
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Can't wait to go back to Denmark for the scrumptious food.
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Arne showing me historical rune stone at the Jelling Kirke.
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Northernmost tip of Denmark where the seas of Skagerrak and Kattegat clash.
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Map Boy.
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The Sophiendal Hotel (former castle) where my great-great grandfather worked in Veng, Denmark.
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The Danes sure know how to bake.
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If my great-great grandfather was a church going person, this is the church that he most likely attended.
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The Sophiendal Hotel dining room. Food was fabulous!
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Our unofficially adopted German son Christian showing us his parent's pig farm in Germany.
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Christian and his brother Daniel.
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Rapeseed fields in rural Germany.
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I'm officially a German pig farmer.
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Off to the forest on one of our many walks with Chris' parents Rita and Gerhard.
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Gerhard modeling the gift we brought over for him.
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A nice walk through the village of Freudenbach, Germany.
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Having fun at the Leitner house in Freudenbach, Germany.
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Pig farmer Dale getting ready to move some young pigs.
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The Germans know how to back as well.
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The Germans love to feed their guests.
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The tree in the German forest that I'm about to drop.
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Gorgeous German villages are everywhere.
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Yet another walk to the forest.
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Another beautiful German village.
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Julia and Chris' mom Rita.
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I'm in Heaven. German pork and potatoes.
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Playing an ancient bowling game on a historical farm in Germany.
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Love the architecture in Germany.
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Loved the lines on this very old shed in Germany.
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Coming back to Freudenbach after a nice evening walk to the forest.
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Julia captured me capturing a shot of Freudenback, Germany.
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Julia's German co=worker at Kathe' Wohlfahrt. Illona is showing me the views of Wiesbaden from above.
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Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Have some beer with one of Julia's Kathe' Wohlfahrt co-workers in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Pristine German villages are around every corner.
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Rita and Julia at Kathe' Wohlfahrt in Rothenburg, Germany.
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One last bit of Rita's cake at a wayside near the Frankfurt Airport.
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Back to Copenhagen, Denmark before flying home.
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Slightly off-kilter building in Copenhagen.
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One final dynamite meal in Copenhagen before heading home the next day.