Ahhh…on our way to Aars and Aalborg

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

It’s 60 with light rain today and we’re getting ready for our first real taste of Denmark.  We learned that 60% of the energy in Denmark is from renewable power sources—solar and wind farms!   I also heard that people in Denmark are the happiest people in the world!  We also discovered they make fabulous Danish and cinnamon rolls—one whiff of the pastries and bread from the office this morning had us all running that direction to pick up a yummy homemade breakfast treat. (And one for tomorrow too.)

In Denmark the monetary unit is Krone.  Even though they are part of the European Union they opted not to use the euro.  When I saw our pastries were 86.00 krone, I gulped...yes, they were good, but were they that good???  I had to look it up—it only amounted to $13.  And by the way, we found out on the iPhone you can convert currency through the calculator simply by pressing the calculator button in the right corner and selecting convert and the currency. (Handy tip from our guide!)

Fuel prices are scary, especially when posted in krones. But, keep in mind, this is per litre!  

Traffic signs are also interesting.  Speed limit is 110!!  (that's kilometers, not miles per hour.)

I had to look up this sign.

Chat GPT says it means trucks and large vehicles cannot overtake and pass smaller vehicles--In other words, stay in the right lane. Sure wish they'd implement this on I70 at home!

We travelled north and stopped at the small town of Aars.  As a side note, one of the couples on this trip were married in Aars in 1991 when he was in the service and deployed in Germany.  He made a stopover here and they got married!  She is from Germany.  They were excited to revisit the area.  Our tour guides tried to set up a vow renewal or recreation of their day but the courthouse where they were married has been torn down.  They checked in at the new courthouse and got their picture taken to compare to 35 years ago.

 It was raining hard, so we didn't get to explore much of the town.  We stopped to check out the main street, (empty) had lunch at a nice restaurant and then continued on.

We headed north to our campground in Aalborg--Strand Parken Familie Camping.  It's in the northern part of Denmark.

The sun finally came out, so we were able to dry out and enjoy a nice evening.  Tomorrow will be a day for exploring and finding out more about this area.