Christmasmarkets and concerts ¤¤¤ WEIHNACHTSMÄRKTE UND KONZERTE

The other day we went to a concert by Midsjællands Kammerorkester in the chruch of Nørre Alslev.

NEULICH BESUCHTEN WIR EIN KONZERT VOM MIDSJÆLLANDS KOMMERORCHESTER.

And that was a very interesting experience.

DAS WAR EIN SEHR SCHÖNES ERLEBNIS GEWESEN.

Much due to the conductor who you can see in the picture above, the atmosphere, the mood was very relaxed and enjoyable. He really took great care of each and every one of his musicians and made sure that they were all ready and comfortable and that he would never overwhelm them.

DAFÜR KANN MAN SICHER DEM DIREGENTEN DANKEN, DER SEHR GEFÜHLVOLL AUF JEDEN MUSIKER EINGEHT.

He was a very nice gentleman and it was an absolute pleasure to listen to the concert - which was just intended to do that: be an enjoyment for the listeners!

UND SOMIT WAR DIESER OHRENSCHMAUS IN JEDER HINSICHT EIN ANGENEHMES ERLEBNIS!

(not all the usual hidden standards, like where arrogant people try and hammer fine arts into the poor audience, just to show off and get an even bigger ego...!)

Anyway, above you see one of the soloists with the tenor, who was quite amazing, too. Though being very routined as a singer and without doubt a professional, he managed to put enough emotions into the lyrics, so that he was in fact acting out the musical peace quite well and dramatically.

Thanks should also be given to the lady who is the head of the local menighedsråd, who definitely is one of the people behind making everybody always feel welcome in comfortable in her church!

AUCH DER TENOR ÜBERRASCHTE MIT PROFESSIONALITÄT UND GUTEM GESTALTEN DES VORGETRAGENEN WERKES!

While in Nørre Alslev, we also visited a tiny Julemarket and it was this lady and her carefully handcrafted "nisser" which were quite outstanding!

IN DER GLEICVHEN STADT BESUCHTEN WIR AUCH EINEN WEIHNACHTSMARKT

check out herhomepage: www.mays.hgv5.dk

UND DIESE DAME MACHT DIE HÜBSCHESTEN WEIHNACHTSWICHTEL!

something else which gives you a good insight in the nature of Falster and lolland is this homepage:

www.hejrede.dk

OBEN NOCH EINE WEITERE HOMEPAGE, DIE DIESE GEGEND SCHÖN ZEIGT.

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HOW ABOUT SAVING THE WORLD THIS CHRISTMAS???

TRY THIS:

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Strange potaoes ### MERKWÜRDIGE KARTOFFELN

There are many small farms and gardeners in Denmark and lots of them have a little shop on their farm. I will try and introduce some of them to you.

This one is Tårup frugt plantage, close to Stubbekøbing, Falster (54 43 32 15).

ICH MÖCHTE EUCH EINIGE FRUCHTPLANTAGEN (UND SPÄTER AUCH ANDERE PRODUZENTEN) VORSTELLEN:

And when I come there, what do I find? Not only beautiful natural Christmas decorations, but also some rather strange potatoes in the box on the table in the back, next to the pears.

SCHAUNT MAL, IST DAS NICHT EINE KOMISCHE KARTOFFEL DORT IM KARTOFFELKASTEN?

It appears, the potato is still asleep...

UND JETZT WACHT DIE KARTOFFEL AUF...

No, now he's awake, wondering why those stupid humans absolutely have to talk this loud, when he wants some peace...

Anyway, here are some lovely apples and real potatoes, nothing like the crap that they offer in the supermarkets...

LECKERE ÄPFEL UND KARTOFFELN GIBT ES HIER!

UND AUCH HIER:

And while I'm at it: here are two great apple orchards on Funen: Rosenhøj Frugtplantage - 64 61 34 20 (close to Bogense) and Farsbøllegård in Hårslev, close to Søndersø. And a third one: Hasmarkmosen 18, Otterup.

When you are in Denmark you should really try danish apples, because the quality is just sooo much better than apples from abroad. plus you should know that the laws are different within the european countries. so often what gets sold as ecological apples from the south can easily contain more pesticides than non-ecological apples from Denmark! that's because the law is so very strict in DK, as far as organic produce is concerned and this fires back nastily on those who are trying to produce a healthy and clean product. There are many farmers and owners of orchards which are in fact producing organic products, but who are not allowed to label them this way. so there's only one thing to do: taste your way forward. You can always taste what is real and what is faked!!!

DIE DÄNISCHEN GESETZE SIND SEHR STRENG, DAHER SIND NICHT-ÖKOLOGISCHE ÄPFEL AUS DK OFT WENIGER GESPRITZT, ALS ÖKOLOGISCHE AUS SÜDLICHEN LÄNDERN...

Guest rooms ¤¤¤ GÄSTEZIMMER

We recently finished the renovations on two guest rooms, which had been quite a big job, since we put a new floor into one, painted the floor in the other and in another room we even insulated and put in a new outside-door... so we've been very, very busy!

WIR HABEN GERADE 2 GÄSTEZIMMER GRÜNDLICH RENOVIERT...

But before I show you more picture... Does anybody still know what a dust sheet is?

It used to be fairly common in Britain and the States, but these days i must say i'm quite in doubt if anybody is really still using these...

Anyway, above you see the dust sheet, it comes over the main matraze and the top matraze and is below the normal sheet on sleeps on.

HIER DIE UNTERLAGE DES BETTES...

This is the final result on one of the guest rooms. but I have to say the lighting sucks, it was late at night and I just wanted to have a picture in bright light, so people could see the fabrics. normally I don't think people would have the bright lights on, but rather a cozy smaller lamp...

ALLES IST BEI GRELLEM LICHT FOTOGRAPHIERT, DAMIT MAN ALLES AUF DEN BILDERN GUT SEHEN KANN...

Also I have to admit, all the furniture do still need painting... well i have painted them white alright, BUT they are in time gonna be decorated with some small delicate old-fashioned flower patterns. But this will take a while to do and in the mean time it also looks alright this way.

DOCH ICH DENKE, DASS JEDER GAST LIEBER DIE GEMÜTLICHE ATMOSPHÄRE VON KLEINEREN lAMPEN GENIESSEN WIRD, WENN ER HIER IST. DANN IST ES NÄMLICH SO RICHTIG SCHÖN GEMÜTLICH...

The chairs are also going to be turned into a work of art - will millions of tiny golden dots which will create beautiful flower patterns...

ACH JA UND DIE WEISSEN MÖBEL WERDEN AUCH NOCH VERZIEHRT WERDEN - MIT KLEINEN BLÜMCHENRANKEN!

This is the other guest room, on a daily bases used by my oldest son as an office/music/entertainment room.

HIER DAS ANDERE GÄSTEZIMMER.

Again the picture was taken in bright light and with a flash, but it's really so cozy at night, because we have all these beautiful small lights there...

ES IST IN GRÜN UND WEISS GEHALTEN.

So I usually find the boys here, having a cozy time, enjoying music or a film...

UND ABENDS SIEHT ES DANN SO AUS, WENN ALLES IN DAS GEMÜTLICHE lICHT VON KLEINEN lICHTQUELLEN GETAUCHT IST...

And here you can see what it looks like in the evening with small, cozy lights on... It's a very romantic and relaxing atmosphere...

Inside the farm ¤¤¤ INNENEINRICHTUNG DES HOFES

I thought, I'd post a couple of pics of our farm, since we are spending so much of our time on the renovations. Above you see the kitchen; I'm sewing curtains.

DIE KÜCHE DES HOFES.


Example of a bedroom

SCHLAFZIMMER, BEISPIEL DER EINRICHTUNG.


Dining room. It's really nice to barbecue sausages or bake apples in this fireplace...

SPEISEZIMMER, MIT OFEN UND GRILL.


One of the guestrooms. Note the new wooden floor. We are putting new floors into almost every room. Most of them pine wood (planks) like this fllor, but some also marble and granit. needless to say, it's a loot of work!

EINES DES GÄSTEZIMMER. HIER SIEHT MAN DEN NEUEN HOLZFISSBODEN, DEN WIR ÜBERALL EINLEGEN.


The outside of the house is finally plastered.

DIE FASSADE IST ENDLICH GEPUTZT.

These two pics show the back of the house.

DIES IST DIE ANSICHT VOM GARTEN HINTER DEM HAUPTGHAUS.
DAS HAUS HAT ABER VIELE GÄRTEN...


The latest addition: my little son finally put this door in. It was quite a job for him and he's neither a carpenter, nor an electrician and still he does all that so well. He build the frame from scratch and didn't only get a perfect fit, he also managed to make it in such a way, that it it secure in case of attempted burglary!

HIER DIE NEUE TÜR...


A lovely and very fitting award from Jenny: Circle of Friends!
Thank you, dear Jenny, it's both beautiful and true: we like to have a circle of friends inside our homes or out there in cyberspace...
I want to share it wioth everyone who considers himself a friend. Enjoy!

KREIS DER FREUNDE-AWARD VON JENNY.
ICH MÖCHTE IHN MIT ALLEN FREUNDEN TEILEN!

Vordingborg Festuge

Vordingborg is a town close to where we live and once a year they have this "week of celebration" with lots of concerts and as you can see lots and lots of people having fun together.

EINMAL IM JAHR GIBT ES BEI UNS


Since we had been in Hamburg as well, we only made it to the last concert.

IN DER NÄHE EINE FESTWOCHE.


But that's usually the one which is most special.

UND DIE IST IMMER ETWAS GANZ BESONDERES!

The stage from the castle-hill...

SICH MAL WIEDER VOLL!



That's where the music is mixed...

DIE KONZERTE SIND IMMER ETWAS BESONDERES!



And finally the great fire works!

UND DANACH KOMMT DAS FEUERWERK!


The fire works are always very spectacular


and the explosions are usually timed in such a way that it almost sounds like a symphony!


However having all that happening right over your heads, you have no choice but to lie down on the grass and enjoy it!


THIS IS AN AWARD I RECEIVED FROM BRAD SOME TIME AGO AND I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO EVERYBODY WHO ENJOYS READING THIS BLOG AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT!


THANK YOU BRAD, THAT WAS VERY SWEET OF YOU AND IT'S ALSO A VERY UNUSAL AWARD AND IN THAT WAY VERY SPECIAL TO RECEIVE!

FÜR ALLE, DIE DIESEN BLOG GERNE LESEN UND, NEHMT IHN MIT UND ERFREUT EUCH DRAN!
ER KOMMT VON BRAD:
http://heretoannarbor.blogspot.com/

Midsummer-celebration¤¤¤SOMMERFEST

Last tuesday it finally was Sankt Hans - our midsummer-celebration here in Denmark!

LETZTEN DIENSTAG WAS HIER SANKT HANS - DAS MITTSOMMERFEST!


I had spent most of the day preparing food, which you can see here; I'm about to unpack lots and lots of different sallads, desserts, dressings and of course more sausages than we could eat for the barbecue!

WIR SIND NACH MARIENLYST GEFAHREN.


This picture shows an old couple strolling along the beach, but I took it because it reminds me of one of Krøyer's paintings from Skagen-beach...

DORT MACHTEN WIR EIN GROSSES BARBECUE.


The were many, many people on that beach that night, it must have been thousands, but the beach is so long, that it still seemed quite relaxed and not crowded, even though there must have been a fire every 100 metres...

ICH HATTE UNHEIMLICH VIELE SALATE UND DESSERTS GEMACHT...


As you can see, it isn't really that hot here... I am wearing a very thick ski-vest under the arctic jacket and underneath that 3 other layers... still the water was nice and warm... - well everything is relative, isn't it?!

DANN ENDLICH WURDEN DIE GR. FEUER ENTZÜNDET!


These fires aren't all that small... and even though I am quite familiar with fire and do not mind touching flames etc. the heat that it was generating was enormous! You couldn't really get all too close, before you would get the feeling as if it was peeling off your skin... anyway, it was nice and warm on a chilly scandinavian summer's night!

WIR HABEN GESUNGEN UND GEFUTTERT...


They have now finally lit the bonfire behind us. But we're still not done cooking... and eating...

UND DAS FEUER WAR SEHR GROSS UND HEISS...


As you can see in the background, there are many more bonfires in the distance... in every direction!

UND ES GABE SEHR VIELE DAVON AM GRANZEN STRAND...
VIELE LEUTE AUCH... ABVER DIE VERTEILTEN SICH DÜNN...

After the barbecue and the songs that people sung by the fire - the spirit was really lovely, everybody was smiling and saying hello, people felt very close to each other and it was a very peaceful get-together, in spite of everybody being strangers...

DIE GUTE STIMMUNG SETZTE SICH IN DER STADT FORT...


Anyway... after having stuffed ourselves we hit the town - Marielyst by night!

WO WIR DANN NOCH MUSIK HÖRTEN...


there was nice life entertainment and I bought a BIG ice-cream for each of the guys... we've had a great night out!

UND NATÜRLICH ORDENTLICH EIS ASSEN!


Sorry for the bad quality of the pics, but they were all taken with my mobile (CELL) phone!

ALLE BILDER SIND MIT DEM HANDY GEMACHT, DAHER DIE ETWAS GERINGERE QUALITÄT...

This is the friends award, which I have received from Lisa Allender some time ago.
I thought I had already posted it, but it seems that I hadn't so here it finally is!

HIER NOCH EIN AWARD VON LISA ALLENDER:

http://lisananetteallender.blogspot.com/

Thank you very much Lisa, it's very nice of you to consider me, especially that yopu are such a sweet and friendly person yourself!

I will pass this award on to teh readers of this blog, the followers, but also those who haven't signed in who just read it quietly can, if they want to, take this award home with them. Enjoy!
love, Sarah Sofia

ICH GEBE IHN AN ALLE WEITER, DIE DIESEN BLOG GERNE LESEN UND WÜNSCHE EUCH VIEL FREUDE DAMIT!