Sunday 30th April 2023
We started the day with a brisk walk on the beach, the wind is still very strong bringing an uncomfortable wind chill factor.
Yesterday whilst on the beach a Danish lady suggested I release my inner viking spirit and have a swim, I told her my inner viking spirit doesn’t even come out in the Mediterranean in August. However this morning guests from the luxury hotel next to the campsite decided they would brave it. They got out of the heated swimming pool, ran across the beach and approx 6 out of the 20 actually went in above knee height, perhaps they weren’t Vikings😂
We left Layla in Homer and walked approx a mile to Kronburg Castle which we can see from the campsite,
Frederick 11 built this castle in order to establish himself as the most powerful king in Scandinavia. He surrounded himself with artists and scientists and threw grand parties at Kronburg. In 1572 he married his young Queen, Sophie, their marriage is known as one of the happiest royal marriages in Europe. This wasn’t their main home when they weren’t in attendance everything was packed away and stored in the main ballroom and walking gallery.
Most of the history meant very little to me although there was some marriage into the UK royal family. It is known around the world as Elsinore the castle where the drama about Hamlet written by William Shakespeare is based. It was amusing to hear people of different nationalities saying out loud “ to be or not to be” and “ alas poor Yorrick” there were T shirts and other tack in the shops with this on.
Close to the castle were some converted warehouses that are now exhibition centres, over the weekend there had been a classic car show, unfortunately only a few were left when we looked in.
One other hall is used as an indoor street food market, there were approx 20 stands selling food from around the world, a bar with about 30 different beers and loads of seating so you could go and enjoy your purchases. The smell of all the food was amazing and the whole place had a great vibe, if we hadn’t left Layla back in Homer I would have been tempted to have lunch.
We walked back into Helsingor in the afternoon and it was quite busy especially with groups of younger people having a great time, many groups laden with drink seemed to be heading off to some function but I couldn’t ascertain where they were off too.
We move on again tomorrow but I would happily return here again especially in warmer weather, Layla will miss the beach we haven’t long returned from another walk on it so she could play and go wild.
taraabit 