It has felt like summer has eluded us for the last month or so. It's hard to believe there was a hosepipe ban here just a short time ago, when August has brought so much unrelenting rain. It has been warm, though, and in between the showers, there have been glimpses of an August summer.…
A while back I sowed some 'Love in a Mist' (or Nigella) seeds. They took what seemed for ever to germinate and then, after weeks of seemingly nothing happening, the tiniest green shoots popped up through the soil and from there they started to grow. By the end of July, after weeks of sunny weather, …
Having its roots in the 1600s, Bakkehuset is considered the oldest building in Frederiksberg (a large suburb in Copenhagen). In Danish, bakke means hill and hus means house, so Bakkehuset translates as 'Hill House'. In it's day, in the Danish Golden Age (1800 to 1850), it was the home of Knud Lyne Rahbek , a…
On our recent trip to Copenhagen, a lot of our time was spent wandering around the city's green spaces. Copenhagen is blessed with a number of gardens and parks and these are places we tend to visit more and more when we go on holiday. The Danish word for garden is 'Have' , which naturally…
Close to where I live, there is an area of wasteland that marks the entrance to a housing estate. For most of the year, it's just two fields of grass, with a few trees here and there. Cars drive by continually on the adjacent busy road and no one pays any attention to the fields…
Hello ! How is everyone? I've been a little absent round here of late, but for good reason. I've been on holiday in Copenhagen. Fancy taking a little tour around this wonderful city? Ok, then come with me... As a first time visitor, I wasn't sure what to expect. But, as a lover of Nordic…
Normally, in July, at the height of summer, we can expect some decent downpours here. Just as the schools finish and the holiday season gets underway, the rain usually pops by to say hello just when we want it the least. Not so this July. The heatwave, which started some time way back when I…
