Itinerary for the Denmark 2007 Petersen Family Reunion:
Saturday, July 28th:Travel to Blokhus; meet at our guesthouses
Sunday, July 29th: The Fun BeginsGo to Frederikshavn for church (10 a.m.), visit the Fladstrand kirke (church), walk around the oldest part of Frederikshavn (where Fladstrand begins), walk the street where Ane Birgithe grew up.Then up north to Elling, where we will visit the Elling kirke and three areas where our ancestors lived and worked.
Monday, July 30th: SkagenGo up north to Skagen (one of our ancestors was born here) and visit the northernmost point of Denmark, Grenen, where two seas meet. Visit Tilsandede Kirke, hidden by moving sanddunes except for one steeple, and visit Raabjerg, where many of our ancestors lived.
Tuesday, July 31st: South of FrederikshavnBack to the Frederikshavn area, today we will visit the area of Fred W's birth and ancestors: Gaerum, Flade, and Understed. In the morning, we will visit Bangso Museet (a manor house and farm- now a museum- that one of our ancestors worked in as a young man!), and climb up a tower so that we can get a birds eye view of our ancestral villages. In the afternoon, we will visit churches (many of our ancestors were married here, and burial grounds are traditionally adjacent to churches), and farm sites as well.Also a drive to the Lendum church, where one of our ancestors was christened.
(This sounds like a lot, but all these towns are so very close together, so hopefully we can do it.)
Wednesday, August 1st: Thisted AreaBike with us (or drive) up the Limfjord to see the Sennels and Oslos parishes where Mikkel Christensen and ancestors lived. Hov (part of the Sennels parish and just north of Sennels, the town) is the location of our ancestor's Norgaard farm.
Thursday and Friday, August 2nd and 3rd:These days are flexible. Take a drive through Nibe (another ancestral home) for a half day.Use the rest of the time to visit the areas in which you need more time, or go fishing on the Limfjord or the lakes by Oslos. Other options include: a visit to a Rennaisance Castle, shopping along one of many pedestrian malls, or relaxing if that what suits you. We want this to be your dream vacation, so enjoy this time! (Y'all are welcome to "tag along" with others if there is nothing in particular that calls to you)
Saturday, August 4th:Travel to Copenhagen. Possible stop-offs: there are a couple open-air museums which show life in Denmark as it once was. One called Hjerl Hede south of the Limfjord, and one in Arhus (in a direct route from Blokhus to Copenhagen). Another idea: Odense, the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson
Sunday, August 5th: Uncles Leonard and Mark take over on this part (thanks, you two!)Copenhagen Ward, visit the Copenhagen Temple grounds, for those interested—attend services at the Church of Our Lady, etc.
Monday, August 6th:Take the group to the Fredericksburg Chapel, boat tour around Copenhagen, changing of the guard at the royal palace, etc.
Tuesday, August 7th:a day trip to Sweden for anyone interested (it is only 3 miles across the channel)
Wednesday, August 8th:Everyone departs for either U.S.A. or other destinations
Sunday, July 29th: The Fun BeginsGo to Frederikshavn for church (10 a.m.), visit the Fladstrand kirke (church), walk around the oldest part of Frederikshavn (where Fladstrand begins), walk the street where Ane Birgithe grew up.Then up north to Elling, where we will visit the Elling kirke and three areas where our ancestors lived and worked.
Monday, July 30th: SkagenGo up north to Skagen (one of our ancestors was born here) and visit the northernmost point of Denmark, Grenen, where two seas meet. Visit Tilsandede Kirke, hidden by moving sanddunes except for one steeple, and visit Raabjerg, where many of our ancestors lived.
Tuesday, July 31st: South of FrederikshavnBack to the Frederikshavn area, today we will visit the area of Fred W's birth and ancestors: Gaerum, Flade, and Understed. In the morning, we will visit Bangso Museet (a manor house and farm- now a museum- that one of our ancestors worked in as a young man!), and climb up a tower so that we can get a birds eye view of our ancestral villages. In the afternoon, we will visit churches (many of our ancestors were married here, and burial grounds are traditionally adjacent to churches), and farm sites as well.Also a drive to the Lendum church, where one of our ancestors was christened.
(This sounds like a lot, but all these towns are so very close together, so hopefully we can do it.)
Wednesday, August 1st: Thisted AreaBike with us (or drive) up the Limfjord to see the Sennels and Oslos parishes where Mikkel Christensen and ancestors lived. Hov (part of the Sennels parish and just north of Sennels, the town) is the location of our ancestor's Norgaard farm.
Thursday and Friday, August 2nd and 3rd:These days are flexible. Take a drive through Nibe (another ancestral home) for a half day.Use the rest of the time to visit the areas in which you need more time, or go fishing on the Limfjord or the lakes by Oslos. Other options include: a visit to a Rennaisance Castle, shopping along one of many pedestrian malls, or relaxing if that what suits you. We want this to be your dream vacation, so enjoy this time! (Y'all are welcome to "tag along" with others if there is nothing in particular that calls to you)
Saturday, August 4th:Travel to Copenhagen. Possible stop-offs: there are a couple open-air museums which show life in Denmark as it once was. One called Hjerl Hede south of the Limfjord, and one in Arhus (in a direct route from Blokhus to Copenhagen). Another idea: Odense, the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson
Sunday, August 5th: Uncles Leonard and Mark take over on this part (thanks, you two!)Copenhagen Ward, visit the Copenhagen Temple grounds, for those interested—attend services at the Church of Our Lady, etc.
Monday, August 6th:Take the group to the Fredericksburg Chapel, boat tour around Copenhagen, changing of the guard at the royal palace, etc.
Tuesday, August 7th:a day trip to Sweden for anyone interested (it is only 3 miles across the channel)
Wednesday, August 8th:Everyone departs for either U.S.A. or other destinations
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