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Welcome to LEGOLAND! Okay today is going to be fun... I mean it's our last day in Denmark and we are visiting a park that brings smiles and good feelings all around it so hey let's all smile and wave at the long legged clown! Cause all we wanna do is have some fun.... ready? Cool, let's get started! |
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Come on Jan smile and wave for me! Oh yeah... this place comes with the highest recommendations from Jan and Jens! |
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Okay... quiz time... who invented Lego's? (tic, tic, tic) Give up? I thought so if you are like me I had no idea that they were invented by a Dane named Christiansen. Then it was his son that had the idea to make a park filled with imagination where kids could play and invent and see what could be accomplished with their toys. |
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| Here in the Pirate area my daughter Stacy is having fun watching pelicans amuse us while a pirate keeps a close eye on the park from the crows nest! Yup all Legos. |
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Entering the American West part of the park we were able to see Danish speaking Native Americans. If this wasn't a shock in itself walking by the Giant Sitting Bull (1.4 million Lego bricks) and Mount Rushmore (1.5million Lego bricks) made me stand in awe at their detail, |  |
| I've seen the real thing in South Dakota... this was good! Which brought me to my next question... With landmarks like these as inspiration why hadn't my kids made anything like this in school? Okay maybe it was a lack of Lego bricks I don't think we ever had enough to accomplish this! |
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This harbor had moving ships and cars. The cars and trucks would drive up to the edge of the dock and then drive onto a ferry and be released to a different location around the harbor. |
| It was really amazing to imagine the right timing constantly with things moving all over. Brian is busy taking some photos while Jens gives me a big smile! Oh yeah, we're having fun! A person could watch the movements for hours and be even more mezmerized by the coordination of the scenery moving. There were areas of a huge castle with a play area for children and many birds eye view of villages. The safari had so many animals and then had children's rides thru them. But my tummy was starting to growl and I think Jan had said something about giant red hotdogs at the park. It was definitely time to try one out! |  |
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Hey Stacy, remember seeing this just yesterday in Copenhagen? It's the Queens Palace, Amalienborg. Amazing what these designers have accomplished here! Yesterday I thought I was going to go crazy trying to see it all and here in one place I can look over the top of it as if I were Gulliver. |
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We visited the indoor displays that had antique toys and dolls. The arrangement and quality of toys was outstanding. I love porcelain dolls and old mechanical toys. This had the largest display I had ever seen, I was sorry that our visit was going to be short here as I know I could have well spent a day looking at all the delicate details of toys from eras gone by. Back outside I found the LEGO statue of liberty and a Japanese palace, this reminded me of work since I work at an American/Japanese factory. My time was winding down to spend here we paused at the statue of Hans Christian Anderson, a reminder of my trip to the fairy tale land of Denmark . Getting together for a last photo I stood arm in arm with my friends hugging them close before I left. Looking thru smiling tearful eyes I waved goodbye as we prepared for the return to Germany while Jan and Jens finished their visit to LEGOLAND. Knus! Tak! |
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