Catching Up: Skagen

Last August, we took a trip to Skagen (which is NOT pronounced SKA-GEN but something closer to SKAIN; the word is pronounced with only one syllable, not two!), which is a city located near the northern tip of Denmark. We didn't actually spend any time in the city itself (which is a mistake we'll have to correct next Spring), instead driving straight through to the parking lot that gives you access to the beach that lets you walk to the aforementioned northern tip of Denmark!



The neat thing about this location is that two oceans literally crash into each other at the tip. So, as you stand knee-deep in water, you can watch first a wave roll in from the left and then watch a wave roll in from the right, etc. (See movie below.) These non-stop collisions make for very chaotic (although not too dangerous) water!



Since the spar of land that leads to the tip gets to be quite narrow, Max and I had a race between the two oceans. As you'll see, Lilja decided to join in the race as well!



In addition to these two movies, we took a bunch of pictures of the day (see below). We greatly enjoyed ourselves and look forward to returning to Skagen before returning to the states next July.

Enjoy,

Ken

Here's a shot of the famous lighthouse located near the Northern tip of Denmark.



And, here's a shot of the lighthouse up close.



As we walked closer to the tip, we took shots of our progress.





Getting closer...



Whoops, got distracted for a minute...



But how can you blame us when there were these things to look at...



Made it! (Some of us even made it with our clothes on!)



Having fun at the tip...





Enough fooling around with geography, lets play!









As we were leaving, we caught sight of some geese (near the lighthouse), and Leysia snapped a pretty picture of them.