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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Denmark

From Norway, we went to Denmark, stopping off in Copenhagen and Billund. Denmark produced Kirk Christiansen, the inventor of Lego bricks. In his honor, the Danish have put together a theme park consisting of elaborate attractions build from Legos. It was one of the most memorable stops of the trip for me.

The only way to truly appreciate the scale of these sculptures is to find the people in the photos and compare them to the size of the exhibits.

Above is a replica of Amalienborg Palace (the real one is located in Copenhagen). Every part of the structure is made from the same Legos that you and I played with as kids. The buildings, the lamp posts, the statues, everything.

A replica of a royal hunting lodge called "The Hermitage" with horses, dogs, castle, bridge and train all made of legos):

And the piece de resistance, a replica of Mount Rushmore--all legos and set into a rock boulder. Look at how small DJ and I are compared to it. I heard that California has a Legoland now. I haven't been, but if it is anything like this one, it is a must-see.

Here is what I picked up from Denmark for my shadow box:

Tomorrow, we travel to Germany.

P.S. Our contest winner has been notified and the new contest is up. When I hear back from our winner, I'll give you the details and the correct answer to last month's question.

posted by Deeanne at 8:46 AM

5 Comments:

Barb said...: Are you ever tempted to draw faces on those blank Legos? It seems so sad for such a cute little creature to not have a face...
Meg said...: Ooh, I want to go to Denmark someday! My grandpa was born in a thatch-roofed house in a village there. When he was 14, he came to America and landed in San Francisco on Admission Day, when they were having a parade to celebrate statehood. He always claimed the parade was to celebrate his arrival. :)
Deeanne said...: Ohmygosh, Meg! That is soooo cool! What year?

Barb, He used to have a face, poor thing. It faded somehow over the years. I think I used him as a keyring originally or something. I can't remember.
Rachel Hauck said...: Deeanne, the photos are beautiful. How exciting.

Rachel
Meg said...: I think it was 1900, which makes sense because the parade was probably part of the 50th birthday party for California, admitted to the Union in 1850.