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Denmark Day 7

We were up early so we could run a few miles before breakfast. I’d planned a rough route that would take us past Legoland and the LEGO Castle Hotel. Amazingly that hotel actually does look like a castle, made from LEGO. With Billund being so small though, I'd planned a bit of a spiral route to avoid doing laps, but after passing Legoland we remembered the idea of running in a brick shape, so heade …

September 19, 2024

Denmark Day 6

The focus for today was getting from Copenhagen to Billund, to see the home of the world famous LEGO bricks. This meant we could have a later start today, and still have enough time for everything we need to do. We finished packing, had breakfast, and then tidied the apartment ready for checkout. We headed to Østerport, dragging the suitcases over cobblestones hopefully for the last time. From th …

September 18, 2024

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