{"id":501,"date":"2008-09-04T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardedgit.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2017-05-13T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T13:53:52","slug":"summer-hols-part-5-the-journey-to-billund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Summer Hols &#8211; Part 5 &#8211; The journey to Billund"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"image-fixer-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Click on any of the pics to open up a bigger version in a lightbox thingy.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were up and away in good time for the 160-mile drive to Billund. As this was to be a non-stop journey, I let the others have control of the camera, trusting to their skill and judgement to get some good pics. Of course, it was too good an opportunity for the kids to miss. Ella was as excitable as ever:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ella was as excitable as ever\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/ca0f24637b51598fe5f4f2e9f57826-576306526-O-2000x1296.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/ca0f24637b51598fe5f4f2e9f57826-576306526-O-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">but Anna was feeling a bit off-colour:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"but Anna was feeling a bit off-colour\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/84aafd95890639be30b9cb522d40bd-576166954-O-2000x1329.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/84aafd95890639be30b9cb522d40bd-576166954-O-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The route took us over the huge <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Belt_Bridge\" target=\"_blank\">Great Belt Bridge<\/a> that links\u00a0the main islands of Zealand and Funen:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The route took us over the huge Great Belt Bridge that links the main islands of Zealand and Funen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/5477c94eb460e4b685f5edc0ee3ce2-576242734-O-2000x1216.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/5477c94eb460e4b685f5edc0ee3ce2-576242734-O-800x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The two sections of the bridge meet on the small island of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sprog%C3%B8\" target=\"_blank\">Sprog\u00f8<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The two sections of the bridge meet on the small island of Sprog\u00f8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/d5525b8ec61defb8c239487a73beb9-576215867-O-2000x1256.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/d5525b8ec61defb8c239487a73beb9-576215867-O-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It's an impressive structure when viewed from the western (Funen) end:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"It's an impressive structure when viewed from the western (Funen) end\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/fe0e0b1af327d58fc813260bbf300e-576249712-O-2000x478.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/fe0e0b1af327d58fc813260bbf300e-576249712-O-800x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For some unknown reason, the kids were much amused by this roadsign. IMO, there's nothing remotely funny about Fredericia:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"For some unknown reason, the kids were much amused by this roadsign. IMO, there's nothing remotely funny about Fredericia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/8203fe4d22563090548a8e689ea7d0-576287663-O-2000x1300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/8203fe4d22563090548a8e689ea7d0-576287663-O-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was just one more bridge (the new <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Little_Belt_Bridge\" target=\"_blank\">Little Belt Bridge<\/a>) to cross to get to the mainland:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"There was just one more bridge (the new Little Belt Bridge) to cross to get to the mainland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/85578f65ff08ef33f941afbc60765d-576278085-O-2000x1232.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/85578f65ff08ef33f941afbc60765d-576278085-O-800x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Within a couple of hours we were set up at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billundcamping.dk\/default.asp?pageref=GB.Front\" target=\"_blank\">FDM Billund<\/a> site:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Within a couple of hours we were set up at the FDM Billund site. In the morning we would invade Legoland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/7f2eff5194c0ff43f4dcb55a29d158-576102101-O-2000x1329.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway%20Denmark%202008\/7f2eff5194c0ff43f4dcb55a29d158-576102101-O-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After a short resupply trip and a hearty meal, we relaxed around the site before getting an early night. In the morning we would invade <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legoland.dk\/?lc=en\" target=\"_blank\">Legoland<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To be continued...<\/p><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click on any of the pics to open up a bigger version in a lightbox thingy. We were up and away in good time for the 160-mile drive to Billund. As this was to be a non-stop journey, I let the others have control of the camera, trusting to their skill and judgement to get [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[207,204,209,203,205,210,206,208],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-escapes","tag-billund","tag-fredericia","tag-funen","tag-great-belt-bridge","tag-legoland","tag-little-belt-bridge","tag-sprog","tag-zealand"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hols\/Norway Denmark 2008\/d5525b8ec61defb8c239487a73beb9-576215867-O.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18163,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/18163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardedgit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}