horses, cows, soccer and The North Sea

I remember seeing an elephant at a zoo when I was very young. I'm not sure how old, but I might have been about 2. In my memory, the elephant is about 40 feet tall. I remember realizing, at some point, that elephants are not actually that tall. So I wonder, how is Django seeing things? Things that to us are just everyday, taken-for-granted things.

Like horses. Or cows. And what if they are seeing them close up and 'in person' for the first time?

Well Django got to see horses and cows this week and was extremely thrilled, especially with the cows (perhaps because he makes a very good 'moo' sound, though his horse 'neigh' is getting quite good actually).

He's also been practicing his soccer skills. I never would expect that a boy of his age could kick a ball so well. But then again, I never spent any time with little kids until now, so what do I know? I'm still going to be impressed whether I 'should' be or not :-)

Maybe he'll be a soccer player like his dad (and then become a musician...?)

On Saturday the 27th Lissy, Knud Erik, Django and I went for a drive about 20 miles west to The North Sea. As I said, Denmark is quite flat and where there aren't towns, there is mostly farmland and some forest. It's quite pretty, but I don't find it to be a very interesting landscape (maybe I'm spoiled on the western United States). As we drove towards the sea though, a magic seemed to creep into the landscape. The villages became smaller and a little more old fashioned, the land began to rise and fall in gentle hills. There is also something inherently special about the sea. Invigorating and powerful, ever changing, unattached to the human mark made on the land.

There are a couple little shelters for people to sleep in built very close to the beach. They have these all over the country and anyone can use them. What a fantastic thing!

In various places along the beach you can also see bunkers that the Germans built when they occupied Denmark during WWII. The Germans invaded in April of 1940 and knowing they did not stand a chance against the German army, the Danish government capitulated within two hours. People woke up the next day and didn't even know their country was occupied.

next time, food and art...

peace,

Janna