I haven't blogged for a while due to some connectivity issues so here goes (this will test my memory). We left Hjørring after a wonderful dinner for all of the team and their hosts at my host PDG Gunnar Pedersens home. Each of the team is getting good at proposing toasts (especially as the evenings progress). Our visit to Hjørring included such highlights as a visit to the Herring factory at Skagen, watching the eagles at a nature reserve, going on board an ultra modern trawler, exploring the ocean aquarium and of course our team presentation hosted by the RC at Sindal and our vocational visits (mine at the first school that bore a resemblance to those in Queensland - Gunnar's old Folkskole for P-9 children). We were then transported to Frederikshavn and Saeby where we did our first split presentation (Neil & Lauren in Frederikshavn and Doug, Alisha & Jas in Saeby). It was at Saeby that I taught Neil the finer points of golf (which he finds challenging despite his Scottish heritage). Once again our hosts in Frederikshavn and Saeby were magnificent and we had two great dinner parties, one with plenty of Australian music and even dancing (or something that slightly resembled it). I have some interesting video evidence but I have to first work out a way to remove myself from the frames. Now I'm in Dronninglund with my new hosts, Lone (a YEP student to Richmond NSW in 1988), her husband Heinrich and three children, Emma, Peter and Asger. Lone and Heinrich travelled back to Australia prior to Emma being born so we spent last evening swapping stories about our travels.
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