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!
