Another day in Denmark:

Took the train south to Kvaerndrup today to visit Egeskov Castle. Beautiful country.

So much open land.

This is not a road, but a bike and pedestrian path! It was a long walk from the train station to the castle...

The road kept going, and going, and going...

Finally the entrance!
It is claimed to have been rated in the top 50 places to visit in Europe. The grounds are huge. They have over 1500 plants and 7 kilometers of hedges.

There were numerous peacocks on the property.

Here are two

And the castle!

I got there when it opened and ran around to get pics before it got crowded, so almost all the pics don't have other people in them :)

When I went into the castle, the Count was coming out with his kids! He said hi. He was super nice. It was cool. They still live in the castle. Only half of it is open to the public, the rest is private and their actual home. Must be nice, hahaha.

More garden

Garden looking towards castle and over the moat.

Another garden and another peacock

They have a tree walk...you climb a circular stairway 15 meters up and then walk along the suspension bridges.

Great views from up high.

They have a ton of playground area and stuff for kids to do. It IS an awesome place to visit. it was super fun.

They also have a labyrinth in the hedges and when you get to middle you can climb to top and then walk the elevated plank out to the giant slide on the top right and slide down and out of the maze. 

Panorama of some of the property.

Rose garden.

They have a clothing collection on display from 1800s. Here is a wedding dress that was part of the family's

This is actually one of Marie Antoinette's dresses...and one of only a few remaining ones.

They have two hunting areas - the hunting room shown here and next pic and a deer hallway. Apparently, the counts father was a huge hunter and one of best and few licensed bow hunters in Denmark. There are swords, bows and arrows, and firearms all on display along with a crazy collection of game.

More exotics.

This is the deer hallway. It says the small arrows still have poison on them. There were so many mountings along the hall!

They also have a huge car museum, with some airplanes, camping displays, motorcycles, scooters, etc.
The place is huge!

And they have a rescue vehicle and equipment display...Ryan would have been in heaven!!!

They serve ice cream/gelato everywhere here...and everyone is eating it...but it is exceptionally warm. Again, around 88 F today.

Another pics of finish line for tomorrow's two races.

I thought this was a barrier or marker at first...this is actually on open air urinal! Pull right up and go. Only in Europe.