More snowy adventures

Cheryl and I had another snow-themed day trip yesterday.  We decided to go to Klampenborg, which is fairly close to the city and easily accessible by the S-train and bus systems.

The reason Cheryl picked Klampenborg (I had previously known only that it existed) was that it has a really lovely deer park, called Jægersborg Dyrehave.  The entire park was covered in a blanket of snow (although much of it was more like white ice since the day before it had melted a little bit and then froze over again), and there were small flurries of snow throughout the day.  It was much colder in Klampenborg than in the city center, but it must not have been too bad since I forgot my hat and still came back with both ears attached to the sides of my head.

The park was really beautiful, especially with lots of snow covering the entire landscape and all of the paths.  It was a rare sunny day in Denmark, which made it all the more exciting.   Sometimes, I swear I can hear a voice in my skin calling out for vitamin D.  We also saw a fair amount of deer that were not very shy at all, as they were laying on piles of straw just off the beaten paths.  I’m used to seeing deer close up since I live in northwestern Pennsylvania where accidentally hitting deer with your car is almost as much of a pastime as hunting them and their jerky (note: neither activity is one in which my family participates, thankfully).

We walked out of the park for a bit and up almost to the edge of the sea.  There was a possibility to get rather close to the water, but we were up on a hill overlooking it and decided that we were close (and cold) enough as it was.  It might not have been a very eventful day, but our outdoor adventure, coupled with a nice hot drink and apple pie at a café, was a good example of the Danish hygge and a nice way to get out of the urban setting for once.  It’s important to remember that Denmark is more – albeit not much more – than just Copenhagen.

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