Boats, Flowers and Singers

Anzac Day was not well celebrated in Denmark except as Easter Monday (Paska Mantag) for which everyone had a holiday. We celebrated by going in to Copenhagen to the Tivoli Gardens. It is probably easiest to describe Tivoli as beautiful gardens with theme park rides, stages etc. The gardens were indeed beautiful with daffodils, tulips and many other types of flowers, however it was the Gospel Music Festival that was held at the main stage that really astounded us.  I've been trying to upload a video of the choir but I can't manage it yet.
Denmark is a European Country with a State sponsored Lutheran Church. The churches with a few exceptions in the larger cities are very traditional and not taken seriously by the society at large except for the traditions of baptisms, confirmations, weddings etc. We were surprised to see a Gospel Music Festival in the first place but even more surprised at the nature and content of it!

In the last decade or so there has been a mushrooming of community Gospel choirs around Denmark with hundreds of them in operation.The choirs we saw were having a heap of fun and making great music. I would love to be a part of that type of action! We recorded a little of the Crossroads Gospel Choir (they also have there own website).

Two days later we went in to Slagelse to see the Danish Cavalry do their weekly parade through the town square. They were led by the Drum Major followed by the drummer on a beautiful draft horse.

Slagelse town square with markets.Following the parade we took the bus to the seaside town of Korsor. There was a beautiful museum, a Danish Naval base and very upmarket housing. 

There was a wonderful Korsor museum. There was a photo of German warplanes over the town during the occupation of WW2 (which seems to be still resentedby many Danes).

Sunday May 1 we all went to Ringsted to the Dutch Windmill and Agricultural museum...

don't you love the cow! She gave my hands a workout they haven't had for many years,There was also a display about an archaeological excavation with two skeletons (the male had his arm around the female) along with the jewelry they were buried with from 250 AD, which is much later then the fortress walls here at Soro which are dated at 800 BC.

 

Anyway enough of ancient history, tomorrow I'm off to Hungary where the weather is forcast to be cloudy with showers and daytime temps up to 20 (as opposed to here where is beautifully fine but only 11 with an icy wind).