Cris and Rosi joined us as part of their European tour for a week, starting in Roskilde. No it wasn't festival time. Roskilde was the centre of the Danish empire and where Danish kings and queens were buried for centuries.
So we had a look at the cathedral, the Viking boat museum, which is really great, back around 900 the inhabitants sunk nine ships to act as a barrier to sea borne marauders. These ships were then refound in the late 60s and have been researched and reconstructed ever since.
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| Viking ship museum |
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| The team with a viking ship |
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| Cris with viking ship, note stones used for ballast |
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| Valbekomme: picnic lunch beside the cathedral |
Our last night staying in the very kind Roskilde Flyveklub's bunkhouse on the airfield was the double trouble of club meeting and day before a public holiday (=prayer day) and also first meeting of the season. So we had a good chat with the members who passed on some good airfield recommendations, ate the special prayer day buns with butter, drank the coffee and then drank a nice glass of Chateauneuf at the flag hoisting.
Roskilde is a major airport, but we met with a very warm welcome.
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| I made Rosi try a traditional danish icecream: 2 balls with guf (the pink stuff, which is like strawberry flavoured meringue mix) and a floedeboll, which is like a Schaumkuss (sorry can't remember correct PC name for them) or remotely related to the Australian snowball - uncooked fluffy stuff in the middle, a wafer base and chocolate on top. |
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| Ju and Rosi outside a traditional thatched roofed house seen on our Roskilde fjord ride. |
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