Day 6 - Legoland to Aalborg

Another early start for the girls this morning...6am or so.  We got up and got packed and then headed to grab some breakfast at the buffet.  Much better buffet this morning.  They have a children's play area at the back of the restaurant which we had missed the night before in our hurry to escape.  So this morning we sat near the back and took our time.  We had promised Cadence to finish off some of the rides we had missed the day before, but the park doesn't open until 10am. 

After breakfast, we got the car loaded up and checked out and then headed to the Park.  We knocked off the last few rides...again, Cadence was amazing...we can't believe how brave and adventurous she was.  We did a few small rides for Avery and got some treats for the car, then headed out on the road. 

Today is a big driving day...but we had a nice relaxing morning, and we actually decided to take our time and drive right out to the coast before heading north to Aalborg.  We knew nothing about Aalborg, and had nothing planned for that city, so it seemed to make sense to take the time to drive to the coast.


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We are so glad we did.  It is beautiful.  The area that we went to is called "Ringkobing Fjord".  It is these amazing sand dunes that front onto the Ocean, you actually can't see the Ocean until you climb over the top of them.  We stopped in Hvide Sande for groceries and then headed a little further north and found a pull off to have lunch.  We climbed up over the dunes and ate lunch in the sand.  It was windy...but beautiful and a lovely way to pass some time.  We went down to the Ocean, built some sandcastles and explored some old concrete bunkers that were all along the beach.  So neat...really glad we made the trek out this way. 

This area is a holiday home paradise...and clearly heavily used by Germans going by the license plates that we saw.  We can see the appeal...the cute little summer cottages that line the dunes would make for an unbelievable getaway in the summer months.

The rest of the drive was pretty smooth.  The girls were amazing and sat nicely for the rest of the 2.5 hour drive to Aalborg.  The countryside is really wonderful...beautiful and green. Miles and miles of green crops and large windmills for as far as the eye can see.  The roads are in good shape and easy to drive on.  It was pleasant the whole way.

We arrived into Aalborg and got settled into our hotel.  We are staying at the Radisson here too...good rates at the Radisson...we are staying at them for most of the trip!

We have to drop our car here, so we needed to unload the whole car and get packed up for train and ferry travel tomorrow.

We had dinner at Jensens Bofhous which was a family friendly place...good for the girls...food wasn't that wonderful though. 

This city is quite industrial...it has a lovely watefront park that we can see from our hotel window, and we will check it out in the morning, but the waterfront is lined with industrial buildings and so the whole place is quite stark and "soviet" looking according to Dave.  We did walk along a pretty cool alley/street that was filled with bars and restaurants, and it looks like it would be amazing party zone should you not be travelling with children.

We'll have another look tomorrow before we pass judgement.  We came here because it was as far as we could go with the car, so we'll just take what we can get from this town.  It is the 4th largest town in Denmark...which is hard to believe as its really not that large.