Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again
Hamburg to Ribe – 4th May
Today we made the journey from Hamburg, Germany to Ribe, Denmark; 4 hours driving avoiding toll roads and motorways. First stop was Rendsburg to do a geocache at the suspension bridge. In short the bridge was built over the Kiel Canal, which goes from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea; the bridge allows boats to still use the canal while trains are crossing over the river. The passenger and car ferry/gondola is suspended by cables from the bridge, hence the reason it is called a suspension bridge. We arrived in time to see multiple trains go over the bridge, 4 large commercial boats go under it, including a cruise ship and also watched the ferry go across several times.
Next stop was Flensburg the last major city before crossing into Denmark. We completed a geocache at the Flensburg Brewery after waiting for a busload of tourists to leave, no beer for Roger.
Today’s ABBA tribute is Mamma Mia here I go again. We arrived in Ribe, purchased some dinner supplies and on arrival at our quaint garden shed accommodation found that it doesn’t have cooking facilities which was our fault not theirs. Problem easily fixed, or so we thought, as two doors down is the local brewery. However they were closed for a private function and the next closest option was Mama Mia’s Pizzeria and Steakhouse. So, on our first night in Germany we had Italian and, here we are again our first night in Denmark and we also had Italian. However this time it had a touch of Swedish because any restaurant called Mamma Mia would of course play ABBA music. Below is the photo of my Austrian schnitzel, French fries, served in an Italian theme restaurant with Swedish music. My brain’s comprehension was as messed up as the very unappealing salad slopped on the plate.
Roger did however get a Danish beer, Tuborg Red (now owned by Carlsberg) which he rates higher than his last German beer. Sadly Roger only had time for one beer because the restaurant works on high customer turnover, your pizza arrives within 5 minutes of ordering it. Fact 1: Danish water is full of calcium and limestone deposits; therefore the average male would have you believe that you are better off drinking from a beer tap than a water tap. Fact 2: Because of government controls and taxes Danish people go to Germany for cheap beer, Swedish people go to Denmark, and Norwegians go to Sweden.
Our last picture is of the granddaughters’ bear (Mr Jungle Pants) who has come on holiday with us. He sends facebook messages to the girls about his travels.
