Saturday, May 11, 2013

back to castles

back to frederiksborg slot today... 





not inside today though.  just to the gardens. we were here sometime during the winter and thought, we should come back when it's warmer and walk around the gardens.  


just to show you how trees are pruned in these parts...


to the gardens...


another tree...

the baroque garden...





a little henry...

w: "do you need some help?"   h: "okay."


henry really loved the baroque garden the best...





william said, 'when you do the blog tonight, make sure to put the egg picture in it'....





the other day william told someone, 'i used to be a paleontologist.'  so today when he told us he'd found an ancient footprint, we had no reason to doubt him...


checking out the cave made by the huge rhododendrons...


inside... it really is somewhat amazing...


the strange beeches you find around here.  this one with four complete rings made by the branches...


helping an ant out of the water...


greg said, 'isn't it amazing to be in a forest where all of the leaves are brand new?' and it really was.



swan nest...




the crows in denmark... have you seen them before?  hooded crows i suppose...


little one... back at his favorite garden...




when we finally ventured back to the bus station we had to wait around, so we watched the trains come in from above...

our day.

2 comments:

nina said...

I really love all the great estate and castle gardens, especially in spring. These look just so perfect for a weekend outing. So how is it that they're so empty??

greg|regan said...

That's a good question, Nina! Maybe because Denmark is not so populated... we're used to not seeing a whole lot of people out. Especially in town centers after about 4 p.m. Well, in fact we still make note of it. Yesterday as we were walking from our house to the bus we turned the corner to the grocery store and there were people mulling about it and it surprised me that people were out shopping. I'd expected it to be deserted.