Ashore In Aarus Denmark

     After our short transit, we arrived early this Sunday morning in Aarhus Denmark. We were late getting up as the jet lag and activities in Copenhagen were probably catching up to us a bit. We did manage to get to see everything that we wanted.

    The city itself is the second largest in Denmark and but was very quiet. The port shuttle

Colored Alley

bus dropped us right at the start of a very long pedestrian way. These European cities have it right. Get the traffic off central area and let the shops, bars and eateries take over. Most of the day we walked along these car restricted ways. By afternoon, they were filled with people sitting, drinking a cold beer, eating and having a relaxing day. I wonder what Windsor would be like if traffic was restricted along the main core of the city.

We walked into the Latin Quarter (why it is called that we could not find out) which is a bit older that the main street but filled with interesting “crayon coloured” houses. The one small lane way that we found was brightly painted by the graffiti artists. It was typical of the bright colours in the area.

The Church

    There is a large cathedral where Sunday services had just finished by the time we got

Up the Tower

there. When we entered the Aarhus Domkirke baptisms were being performed. The church itself was very much in the reformation style. It is the longest and tallest church in Denmark built in the traditional red brick style that can be seen on many of the older buildings. There are over 200 frescoes from the 14^th and 15^th century with an alter that was carved in the 16^th century. Of course the church tower was open for climbing. It was only 200 or so steps up but the spiral was quite steep. There were ropes on either side of the staircase to use as grips. They ended in the belfry which was as high as you were allowed to go. Of course the views of the city were very nice but the constant overcast skies that have been with us took away some of the beauty. Unfortunately that seems to be the weather we can expect for the next few days.

Old Decorated Street

    Next we headed to city hall stopping a in the Mollestein area which again has some very old restored and colourful houses. Along the way we stopped at the Church of Our Lady, a 12^th century Dominican priory that survived the Protestant Reformation. That took us to a large park near the art museum. Behind it was the city hall area where a festival was going on. It was alive with people enjoying the food, entertainment and children's craft area. We headed back down the walkway along the narrow canal and by all the soccer fans enjoying their beer to the shuttle bus location. After a cup of tea and a bite to eat it was time to relax.

    The rest of the evening was a little more relaxed with a stop at the lounge for some Mexican salsa and chips. We meet a couple from Hamilton while there. Then it was on to the Effy store for the jewelry talk. They have it every day and night. We did not stay for the free draw (Judy has won the gifts before) as it was getting close to our dinner time. However the champagne was good. After dinner we did go to the show . The performance was quite good. Tomorrow we are in Norway for more wandering.