Den Gamle By

There is a fantastic area in the middle of Århus called Den Gamle By – The Old Town. It is a national open air museum of urban history and culture. The attraction has been awarded three Michelin stars. It is a living experience of what it was like to live and work in a Danish market town, as it was in the old days.

This is the house where H.C. Andersen visited as a child in the 1800’s.

There is also the gardener’s cottage. (photos under)

After the weekned

We continued our work in the churchyard.

We put some soil around the stone edge to keep stones in their position tightly. We also added installation sand on the top of the stones and vibrated the stones  more tightly to the ground.

That was the end of my training period here in Denmark.

I am very grateful to Birthe and Arne for their hospitality ( I was even allowed to use one of the company cars during this period). And of course Jens, Rasmus, Mille, Helle, Nicole and Kristin, thank you for your kindness and everything you taught me. See you – Vi ses!

A little bit of history…

Rosenholm Castle is Denmark’s oldest family-owned castle. It is one of the best-preserved castles  from the golden age of the manor houses.  It was founded in 1559 by the Danish nobleman Jörgen Rosenkrantz. His family is among the oldest and most famous in Danish history.

I was very impressed by the library of the castle. There were books that Martti Luther had given to Jörgen Rosenkrantz after the Protestant Reformation (reformation started about 1517).  I had to touch them even if I shouldn’t.

Twenty tons of stones…

On Monday we started with a new project and it will last at least next two weeks. We build a stone edge around the church in village called Fruering. The edge is going to be 80 cm wide. The slope must be 10 cm.

Jens and Rasmus had excavated the land around the church a few weeks ago. So we just put the sand replacement. After that we added  installation sand.

After pressing the sand we started with the installation of the stones. Afterwards we added the sand between the stones.

We worked on it all week and the job will continue…

Greetings from Legoland and the second work week

It was nice to visit in Legoland. The previous time was about twenty years ago. Things haven’t changed a lot there. Many of  the figures were exactly  the same as before.

Second working week

We continued where we finished last week. We planted rest of the plants in that private garden. Pretty nice, isn’t it?

The following job

We seeded grass. I did it with Rasmus and it took two work days. The area was about four hundred square meters. First we softened that area by excavator.  (photos under)

Then we collected all stones away and spread new soil. (photos under)

Finally we straightened the area by harrow.  I sowed the seeds by a
machine. The machine scatters and presses the seeds to the ground. (photos under)

It was nice that Rasmus allowed me to use those machines by myself. We were happy with the end result!

Rest of the week

Hedge cutting continued…

VELKOMMEN TIL DANMARK!

The start wasn’t perfect. My flight to Billund was cancelled. After three hours waiting I and about hundred children (they were going to go to Legoland with their family) were ready to try again. Yes, we did managed but my luggage didn’t. It arrived next day.

Let’s cut hedges!

I started my practical training in Arne Skyum’s landscaping company. It is that time of the year that Danish people take care of their hedges. The First day was physically very hard to me; I couldn’t even move my arms in the evening.

Many kind of jobs during the week…

Above: weeding out weeds from the private garden. Pictures before and after.

Under: burning out grass between the stones in the playground. Having a lunch break.

Welcome to the jungle!

This house is on sale. The garden was like a jungle so we cleaned it up.

There were lots of snails called Spanish killer.

Thank God it’s Friday!

On Friday we planted different kind of plants in private garden which was designed by a famous Danish architect. Last photo is about our Friday cake!