I've tried not to be that guy chatting about the weather all the time but eventually I was bound to start scraping the bottom of the holiday topic barrel.
Personally, I've found it too warm: 30°C in Paris, nearly 35 in Germany sometimes. I'm not equipped to deal with those temperatures. We're at a similar latitude to Glasgow here in Kolding so thankfully it's a little cooler, though when the sun's on you, you really know about it.
Nope, you know what? I can't keep it up. How people manage to have whole conversations about the weather I'll never know. I've said all I needed to say about conditions on this holiday in one paragraph.
Unfortunately, a review of our time in Western Denmark will be equally brief. You will recall how we're here mainly so Chris can visit the home of Lego, I'm sure. Well, that was a bust. Billund is the place where you will find the Danish LEGOLAND, as well as the Lego shop and what seemed to be Lego's R&D wing.
Unfortunately the shop is in the theme park, meaning we'd have had to spend about £40 each just to get access to the shop. The office building which seemed to be where all the designing and engineering happens was, perhaps understandably, not open to the public. It would have made for a fascinating tour, I think, but I appreciate that a) there may be a slight risk of corporate espionage and b) there're people doing their jobs in there. I don't think I'd want tour groups tramping through my workplace all day while I'm trying to get on with it, so it's fair enough that they don't either.
Kolding itself is a quaint small town with a 13th century castle, a lot of old houses and not much else in the way of outward signs of what must be a fascinating history. It's near enough the border that it has probably been part of a few different countries and empires since it was built.
Billund I can't tell you about; we went for the Lego and left disappointed without venturing into the town proper.
Copenhagen tomorrow.
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