A few pics from Denmark:

Took bus out to Middlefart, Denmark from Odense, Denmark for the ITU World Championship Aquathlon race on Thursday July 12. It was a pretty ride with lots of nice scenery.

The race was held in the small town of Middlefart. Here is pic of swim area. We started just on the left and swam out along jetty until the end and then turned right and went inside the harbor and exited the water.
The air temp was 88 F and the water temp 60 F, so neither was great. And there were hundreds of jelly fish in the water. Everyone got stung including me with both hands, left foot and face - lips, forehead, chin, cheeks!

Panorama area along jetty

We started in the water about 100 m out from the beach on the left in the photo.
Race start was 1430...early afternoon...very different from US standards.

Hahaha...gave us Heineken 0.0 in our race goodie bag. Took me a while to figure it out but the 0.0 is 0% alcohol. Pretty funny. I saw some people pounding them after the race...they were giving out more...I am not sure if they had figured out the 0% alcohol thing. I think they thought it was regular after race beer garden. Hahaha

Hopefully someone got a few pics from the race. I'll see if I can dig some up. It was cool venue and lots of great competitors. 

Some new pics:

Fun google animation of Colleen dancing:

Hopefully it works!

Some pics from Denmark @ the ITU Multisport World Championships:

Passed by some beautiful scenery on the train from Copenhagen to Odense.

If you look carefully out the train windows you can see wind turbines out in the water.

There are gyros everywhere...and they are delicious! I am not sure what Denmark is know for as far as a food specialty, but I am not sure if I care...I might not make it past the gyro!!!

I think the biggest thing that Odense, Denmark is known for is that it is the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson on April 2, 1805. There are statues, streets, and other things all named after him. There is a museum, a cool park, and his childhood home. Here is a statue near the cathedral. 

Pointing the way towards the museum.

The Radisson hotel is named after him...the HC Anderson Radisson Blu hotel.

His street

His house

Part of his part...one of his fairy tale castles. He is best known for his stories:
The emperor's new clothes, the little mermaid, the ugly duckling, thumbelina, etc.

Just a random statue.

Next to the park where most of the events are taking place.

Finish line chute for many of the races along with the stage in the background for post-race concert. The sunset is almost 10pm and sunrise is 04:50am. Weather is good. Almost 80 degrees F for the high and upper 50s for the low.

And a few more:

Then and now

Another then and now

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