Either I am getting real lazy about keeping up with this or my memories are fading faster than i anticipated. Never the less lets talk about Denmark. Why Denmark, because last night I had diner with some friends and Ann is from Denmark.
The first time I went to Denmark was really by accident I had bought SAAB while I was stationed in SHAPE and I arranged to pick it up at the Sweden. When I got on the train in Brussels, i asked for a ticket to Copenhagen. For some reason I was under the impression that Copenhagen was the capital of Sweden. When I arrived in Copenhagen I showed a cab driver the address of the dealer I had to go to to pick up my car. Through his howls of laughter he informed me that not only was I in the wrong city but i was in the wrong country. But he did take me to a ferry by which i could reach Sweden.
The second time I was in Denmark was the summer of 1989. We were on terminal leave and fulfilling a promise to Joshua to go to LEGOLAND. We drove from Italy to Denmark (in my Swedish SAAB).
That summer was very hot. On our day at LEGOLAND it was 98F. There is no air conditioning any where in Denmark, let alone our hotel. We went to a city swimming pool the next day.
In the pool playing with Josh I was slowly surrounded by a group of Danish kids. All of them giggling and pointing and saying something in Danish. A nice Danish gentlemen scooted them away with what sounded like some stern Danish words. I asked them what they were giggling at. He told me that because of my body hair they thought i was bear.
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