Skagen, Denmark (Thursday)

Last stop: another gorgeous weather day. We were concerned when we saw the original forecast but after Bergen (the rainiest city), it’s been beautiful!

Skagen is a 5 hour drive from Copenhagen and is described as Denmark’s version of The Hamptons. Over 2 million tourists visit this small fishing village every year; the full-time population here is 10,500! Hard to imagine where they put the 50,000 to 60,000 people a day that come here in the high season.

Then we saw some of the town: The Harbormaster‘s house, a row of restaurants at the harbor, and the harbor. 

It’s not a requirement, but most of the homes here are traditionally yellow with the orange/red roof.

A windmill, Mariner’s church and a statue to a sailor that saved over 200 people from the sea.

We visited a museum about the fishing village with examples of how families lived when the town was first settled.

The first house below is a poor person‘s house. Ten people lived here: two parents, two grandparents, and 6 children. You can see there is nowhere to lay down flat. There are two sleeping cubbies where they could sit up and the children usually slept on the floor. Tiny alcove for a kitchen but basically one room.

The house below belonged to a rich person. Separate rooms for cleaning fish, dining room, living area, kitchen, two bedrooms, a pantry and a bathing room (although no running water yet). 

By the time the guide showed us what used to be a hospital , we realized there was not so much to see in our last little village of Skagen. This was a place where we should have skipped the tour and just explored on our own. There was a cute shopping street that we saw from the bus on the way back to the ship, with no time to stop!

Back to the ship and the bar! Dinner at Manfredi’s Italian restaurant on board for the second time. I remembered most of the food pics: 

The Daves are acting like they still like us after a week of togetherness.

On another subject: I mentioned previously that Deb and Dave have laundry service with their room that comes back folded in a box with tissue. We have access to complimentary DIY laundry services. Here’s how it comes back when we do it. 😂

Full sailing day tomorrow. I’ll post some stuff about the ship and other misc info.