Wednesday, June 28, 2006

hvor er in tog station?

I am not even quite sure it's grammatically correct. The original version that I could extract from my residual memory was: 'hvor er el toiletett?'which is a very useful question when looking for the 'powder room'. In this case, the sentence was used to interrogate a bemused salesman in a gas station, when trying to find Fredensborg train station. I even did the 'tchoutchou' sound, and another patron took pity and gave me directions in English (courtesy of Danish TV which dubbs rarely).

What's this all about anyway? Well, a long weekend in Denmark, to attend the wedding of J. & L., blissfully married on this nice last Staurday afternoon of June. R. and I experienced a full Danish wedding, with hilarious speeches, songs, quizz games, and of me (and other ladies at the reception) kissing the groom as soon as the bride went for the 'toilettet' (R. going for the bride when he goes)...and the dancing on live disco music, always so much fun!


Most importantly, and on the young couple's request, everyone dressed up according to their table theme: halloween trick or treaters, Christmas characters, pirates, cowboys, hawaian party goers, or Chicago gangsters. Everyone made a huge efforts and many had it down to the last details: boa scarves, jingle bells, Santa present bag, cowboy guns, cigarettes holders, vests and hats...it was the most amazing showing of costumes...and an unforgetable hunger for life, fun and food! Everyone were very kind and took pity on us foreigner with no notion of Danish.


While the S. enjoyed their honeymoon, R. and I drove around with caution (missig the passenger window that shattered and fell on my lap), exploring the area...well, actually retraced our steps to the Fredericksborg castle in Hillrod. We were looking for Ullrod I think, but I suck at directions so we ended up going to the same pkace J. took us two days before...And of course chillig in the house doing nothing but taking cat naps and playing with Buddy (who can poison a whole house with his farts).



I will remember this trip in Denmark fondly as those two showed me how it is to be in that happy place they see in each other's eyes...(sigh) And I have gained a whole new family in Denmark...people so friendly, simple and generous..

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

And to think - you had to come back to work - bummer eh? The Bride is gorgeous - the groom is a very lucky man!!! Still no Pandas though.... tsk tsk...

Anonymous said...

Who is B. ?? And well, she did not change much (also I did not remember her all that well ;-)) but I found him really different on the photos ! And they both seem so ... mature !!! Now I know why we're still not married ;-) lol

Anonymous said...

There is no B...you meant R....whoi is on the picture.

Anonymous said...

No, I meant S. ! MDR Typo ... R., J. et L., je sais bien sur qui c'est ... et je viens de relire, chuis bete, j'imagine que S. est leur nom de famille ... mais j'arrive pas a m'en rappeler ;-)

Ateee said...

is R who I think it is?!!?!?!? R???

P A N D A ----P----@ said...

Yup, R. from Montreal was there..hehehe, good old times..sniff sniff