After sailing for a full day, we had our second formal dinner.
George and me.
Beverly and Larry
John and Alison
Blair and Denise
Doug and Joyce
Second formal dinner--at our table, we had John and Alison, Parker and Ryan, George and me.
Beautiful sunset over the ocean.
The next day we arrived in Skagen--a place that proved to
be such a pleasant surprise! We loved it! Skagen is located on a pennisula on the
northern-most tip of Denmark, where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea.
Skagen is Denmark's main fishing port and, also, has a thriving tourist industry. Some 2 million people visit here annually. We were enchanted by this area, ourselves, and so happy we stopped here.
Some of our group rented bicycles and went around the quaint little town. Larry and Beverly, George and I chose to walk.
We loved the little town where almost every building was painted almost the same color with the same colored roofs.
Old windmill that is part of the museum there.
The settlement began in the Middle Ages as a fishing village, renowned for its herring industry.
Thatched roof of typical centuries-old fishing village that began here.
How the fisherman dried their catches.
George and Larry stop to smell the roses.
The Skagen area suffered from severe problems with sand drift up through
the 18th century and in 1795 the sand covered the old church and it had to be
abandoned. This was truly a loss because the old church dated from the beginning of the 15th century. Therefore, this new church was built in 1841.
Beautiful white sand beaches
You can see the brick lighthouse brought into operation in 1858. Until 1952 Skagen Lighthouse was the country's tallest. Now there is another that is just one meter higher in Bornholm, Denmark.
As we were walking back, we stopped at this little log cabin bed and breakfast. The co-owner was nice enough to let us tour the main floor. It was so quaint--we would have loved to stay there!
We literally walked until we were ready to drop! We should have rented bicycles! But what a great day in such a unique little town!
We had truly enjoyed our fun table with the Wildes and our great waiter!
He had certainly learned about George's love for ice cream! 
All the waiters and helpers gave their final good-bye.
Before we knew it, we were disembarking and taking our transfer bus to the airport.
On our way home, I snapped this picture out the window of our plane as we flew over Iceland. Absolutely breath-taking!
After the 12-hour flight, we returned back to Seattle where we picked up our car and drove the three hours back home. We were exhausted, but will never forget the wonderful adventures with people we love during the past two weeks!
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