December 15 - 2017 Gistrup, Denmark

We made it home safely.

We spend Wednesday morning (the 13th) preparing the car and camper in the storage area at the campground and then off to the airport.

We landed in Copenhagen Thursday morning at 06.30 AM (Danish time).
Thomas and Adam were waiting for us 😊.
We had a 5 hour layover in Copenhagen, so Thomas and Bodil had offered to bring us to their house, instead of sitting in the airport. So, we got to visit Thomas, Bodil, Adam and Maja first thing in Denmark.
It was very good to see them again. And also, to get some of the food we had been missing:
Danish ryebread, liver pate, pickled beets etc. etc. (rugbrød, leverpostej, rødbeder m.m.)

We were back at the airport at 11.00. Our flight was at 12.00 noon.
As we were about to take off, we were informed that there had been an accident on the runway in Aalborg, and the airport was temporarily closed! ☹. After waiting for a while we were informed that the plane would fly to Århus, and we would be taken by bus to Aalborg ☹. A 1½ hour bus ride, that ended up taking 2½ hours due to road conditions (We are back in the northern hemisphere and winter 😊)

We arrived at Aalborg Airport 3 hours late. That we did not need, after a whole day of travelling.
Daniel picked us up at the airport (good to see him again too).

The house was still standing (Thanks to Jytte (our neighbor) and others). After having spent over 3 months in a confined space: 8 x 22 feet (ca. 2,5 x 7 m) everything seems so big and different. The computer screen is HUGE. There is no pedal on our toilet for flushing 😊. We can’t figure out how to use the microwave (mikrobølgeovn) or the remote (fjernbetjening) for the TV .

Now we are looking forward to seeing Annika, the rest of the family and EVERYBODY else.

It has been a fantastic trip.
It almost seems unreal that 3½ months ago, we were driving around in Minnesota trying to find a camper that would serve the purpose. And a coffee maker, pots and pans, silverware (bestik), flyswatter (fluesmækker), etc. etc. etc. (Everything you need to function in a home).
And then make our first move with the camper and the first setup at a campground.
We learned a lot about camping as we moved on, but we still consider ourselves to be amateurs - although a little more experienced now.  We drove over 13.000 miles / ca. 21.000 km. We visited all the states east of the Mississippi river, except for the state of Mississippi. And we saw and experienced A LOT!

We will fly back to Miami on March 13th and continue our trip westward.

We know that we have had people following us on and off on the blog.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

At least some snow - to help us get us into the Christmas spirit

Written by Mary and JJ