love at first sight (the danish edition)

September 19, 2011
little houses
My first day in Denmark was the most wonderful, most camera-regret filled day of my entire two-month trip. Seeing Luciano and Maibritt (my host parents from Florence) waiting for me at the airport was such a sight for sore eyes. Instead of taking the hour-long route from Copenhagen to Kisserup, they decided to take the route più lunga ma più bella, or longer but more beautiful.
picnic area
gelato with luciano and maibritt
Well... we got lost. But I couldn't tell the difference. It was so beautiful-- everywhere we went there was a view of the ocean no matter which direction we were facing. Right before we arrived at their house, we found a little road-side ice cream stop with a huge "backyard."
behind the gelateria
And after we finally got back and had dinner, we took a quick bike ride down the road to the shore. I had no idea what to expect, and assuming we were just riding and coming back, I left my camera.

Big. Mistake.

What I missed out on capturing was the most beautiful sunset I'd ever seen. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I could have captured how perfect it was. But, these last few sunset photos by Luciano (from another day) are pretty close to what we saw.
kisserup by luciano spinosi
kisserup by luciano spinosi
kisserup by luciano spinosi
kisserup by luciano spinosi
Suffice it to say, Denmark has shot up to the top of my "countries I adore" list-- and this was just the first day.

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9 comments:

  1. Denmark is definitely on my "favorite countries" list! I was only there for a few days, but it was one of the prettiest, cleanest, and most charming places I've ever been.

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  2. these are so beautiful. i would love to visit denmark some day as i hear they are very bike friendly. i just adore the picture of the boats on the water!
    xo,
    cb

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  3. cb- they ARE very bike friendly. Copenhagen and all of its bikers reminded me of you :)

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  4. Lovely photos, as always!

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  5. Aww, Denmark. :) Beautiful pictures.

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  6. It looks so peaceful. I'd love to visit Denmark some day!

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  7. wow. the longer, but more beautiful route is almost always worth it.

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  8. I have always wanted to visit Denmark and Norway and Sweden. Just lovely.

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