Køge is a nice small town on the island of Zealand, Denmark. It’s the home of my Oldemor (great-grandmother) and my Great Uncle and Aunty. We were generously invited to spend two nights there, which gave us an opportunity to explore the town via bicycle and find a few favourite spots.
A storm named “Emil”
This morning we had our bags packed, ready and excited to begin our journey to Norway. We booked tickets on a Fjordline ferry from Hirtshalls, Denmark to Bergen, Norway. Hearing bad weather reports, we decided to check the Fjordline website before driving to Hirtshalls. We discovered that our ferry to Bergen had been cancelled due to a storm by the name of “Emil”. You can’t control the weather but it is disappointing when it gets in the way of travel plans. The only real effect it has had is that we’re unable to spend as much time as we would have liked in Bergen. We rebooked for Thursday, so fingers crossed the weather calms down.
According to this weather report by Meteorologisk institutt met, the waves will increase in speed and will be up to 20 metres high. I’m rather happy to be on solid ground tonight.
Mushroom Foraging in Kent, England
The concept of foraging for food has been a growing interest of mine over the past few years. I attempted it in Canberra, Australia but I struggled to identify edible plants. I would have loved to find an expert on bush tucker in our region but never came across any. In my ever-growing cookbook collection I have the cookbook “Forgotten Skills of Cooking — The time honoured ways are best” by Irish woman Darina Allen. She talks about things like how to skin a rabbit, how to prepare pheasants and she also talks about foraging. Reading this has always made me slightly envious of UK locals who readily have the opportunity to forage for berries, herbs & mushrooms. I’m particularly interested in mushrooming. Oberon, Australia is a popular mushrooming area but is a 3 hour drive north of Canberra. There is probably more mushrooming areas near by but I’ve never come across them and information hasn’t been easy to come by.
Our First Two Weeks Abroad in Brief
Hey everyone, it’s been a while since our last post but our and the first since we’ve left. It’s been a fairly whirlwind two weeks and we’ve had an incredible time being immersed in English culture. Simone and I barely survived our first week abroad as the dark spectre of jet lag has followed us at every turn cutting short our days and waking us up at all awkward hours of the night.
I’ll get round to doing some good posts later as there are some awesome things we’d love to share. But for now, take a look at how we spent the first two weeks abroad.
Farewell at The Wig and Pen
Simone and I had a little get together to say goodbye to our friends in one my favourite drinking spots in Canberra, The Wig and Pen
The Wig and Pen is Canberra’s most prominent micro brewery. Its modeled on an English style pub with a great selection of in house beers including single batch seasonal ranges. Their meals are typical pub grub including vindaloo, bangers and mash and hotdogs.
I started the night on half-pints of the Kemberry, a German style pale ale but that soon turned into pints-of-whatever-my-friends-shouted-me and before I knew it I had lost count of how many I had sunk. The Wig’s beers go down way too smoothly and I always get the urge to try all of them.
Travel Gear: My Footwear
I’m very much into a barefoot lifestyle so the choice of footwear for travel is an easy one for me. I’m taking my Vibram Five Fingers. I love these shoes, I’ve worn them all over the Australian Outback and I wear them every day to work. I feel great in them and they are super comfy. The only problem with them is that Simone and I are going into the European winter… weather that’s not too appealing to the barefooted adventurer.
Big Willy Style: ditch the mac. Grab one of the power monkey explorers. That way you ca...
Liv Funnell: Moroccan FRIENDS! I cannot find you on facebook! I have searched and s...
Geoff: Just wanted to say...I didn't stop by a motorway and pick mushrooms - ...
Michael Gibbs: Yay hope you guys got to go to Camden Markets! Ultimate for the food l...
James: A good night by all. The Demon String from Hell was a fun game - I wil...
