When I was a kid, my brother & I loved Lego (he obviously loved it more than me, to the point that he still collects it) & we used to love getting the latest Lego catalogues & wishing we had all the money in the world to buy all the sets we wanted. In these catalogues there would also be one page advertising Legoland which was very far away but looked amazing. Yesterday Aaron & I got to go there & I have to admit that it was really the only thing I had on the agenda for Denmark. It’s basically a theme park for small children but also has lots of Lego models of all kinds of things but mostly landmarks in Europe & the US. A comment from Aaron was “Oh, so that’s what Amsterdam looks like!” (seeing as we actually haven’t been there yet).
We had read on another traveller’s blog that it’s actually free to get in half an hour before the rides shut but the park still stays open for another hour after that & seeing as we weren’t there for the rides we thought we’d give this a go. I was a bit worried that the information was incorrect or that we would be the only freeloaders there but this wasn’t the case at all & after lining up for 10 minutes or so with the other freeloaders we were allowed in, saving us around €80.
Denmark is a country that makes us want to be kids again. Every caravan park we have been to has these amazing playgrounds full of equipment that’s no longer legal in Australia. Legoland also made us want to be kids again or at least have some of our own so we didn’t look so out of place. We considered asking someone if we could just borrow their child for an hour or so but thought the language barrier might be an issue… or the lawsuit… Anyways we had a lot of fun!
Before I finish this blog which my husband desperately wants me to as we need to go to the shops I need to tell you about what happened on our way to the campsite yesterday afternoon. Apparently 1/4 left on our petrol gauge actually means empty so halfway through a roundabout in the Danish countryside the car stopped working… Neither Aaron or I have ever run out of petrol in Australia but of course it would happen in a foreign country! According to Serena the nearest petrol station was 5kms away. Aaron decided to door knock on a couple of nearby houses to see if anyone could help us. While no one had diesel on them, one man was able to tell us that there was a petrol station just 1km down the road. Aaron set off, while I got to stay & read my book. About 45 mins later a quad bike comes roaring up next to me… with Aaron sitting on the back! Aaron waved his new Danish friend goodbye & I begged him to explain. Unfortunately this petrol station was nothing more than 2 petrol pumps with automatic payment so there were no jerry cans for sale. Aaron again had to ask around for help and eventually one man said, “wait here, I’ll be back in 5 mins”. He comes back & said “this guy will help you” & our knight in shining armour filled up a jerry can & took Aaron back on his quad. I found the whole situation very amusing as Aaron thinks motorbikes are dangerous & here he was riding on the back of one, without a helmet, half on the highway & half on the bike path. We’re very thankful that the situation wasn’t worse though! Lesson learned: fill up the car earlier & carry a spare jerry can.
Today we drove across the three main islands of Denmark tojust outside Copenhagen where we will stay two nights. We had to drive across a very long bridge joining two of the islands which was quite an experience. Tomorrow we’ll catch the train into Copenhagen & explore.
Till then, Elky
