Easter Weekend

This weekend, we went for an extended tour of Northern Zealand. Friday we visited my mother in Hornbæk, and we spent Saturday with my dad and others in the summer house in Evetofte. Here are the words and images to describe it all.


Steinunn satisfies her insatiable need for patting kitty cats. This is my mother's neighbour's cat. The neighbour has two cats, but she doesn't seem to be taking very good care of them. They are both very friendly though.


Shadows and easter decorations.


This is my mother's cat Bella. She is not feeling very well. She's lost a lot of weight lately, and therefore my mother took her to the vet. The vet says that Bella has kidney failure, so, regrettably, she will die soon. My mother has decided to put her down to put her out of her misery. We got Bella from my school teacher Irene almost 11 years ago, and she's been a good cat. We'll miss you Bella...


And now for something completely different:

Steinunn and I arrived early at my dad's summer house on Saturday, so I helped with some of the final touches on the outside of the new shed that he is building (by the way we didn't tear down the old shed this weekend as I had expected, so that story will have to wait). In this picture I'm holding a board in place with my head, while my dad is putting the screws in.


Another board is added to the house.


When the rest of the gang had arrived, it was time for chokoladesnegle (chocolate snails). Although the name doesn't really ring well in English, they taste very good.


After cake and coffee, it was time for one of my family's signature "brisk walks on the beach in cold weather" (We also took one of those with my mother on Friday). After making our way along the beach for half a kilometer we went up the dunes to take an inland path on the way back. As these pictures demonstrate, the climb proved to be more difficult than you would expect.


Here, my father is struggling to climb the shifty sand. Dressed in black on the right is Lærke, and Anette, Anette Reenberg, Lars, Henrik and Mads are waiting in the background. Just for the record, I'll give a quick background on who they all are. My sister Anette has already been presented on the blog. Anette Reenberg is my dad's girlfriend. Lars and Henrik are her sons. Lærke is Lars' girlfriend, and Mads is Henrik's friend.


The group is making the final push to the summit of the treacherous dunes.


Back at the summer house, it was time for drinks. My dad, Henrik, Lars and Anette Reenberg went to Australia for Christmas. On their way home, they had a layover in Singapore and they had a Singapore Sling in the hotel where the drink was invented. So of course we had to taste the drink as well. Buying all of the ingredients and differents kinds of liquor for the drinks had cost over 500 kroner according to my information, so it wasn't cheap. In this picture, Henrik is measuring liquor under the strict supervision of my dad. Precision is key.


The result of the long mixing process was tasty (and pretty to look at).


Anette, Lærke and Henrik chatting.


Steinunn and I spent the night in the summer house, because we didn't feel like taking the long ride home in the night. Instead, we went home Sunday morning. Regrettably, my dad and I misread the timetable for the train, so Steinunn and I ended up having to wait at the small, deserted station in Melby for nearly 40 minutes. Judging from the interior of the station, the teenagers in the area spend a lot of their free time writing slogans on the walls. Not a lot for them to do out there in the country, I guess.


This broken watch sums up the experience of waiting at Melby station... time stands still.