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| From Odense |
The tourist guides go straight to Hans Christian Anderson and his legacy. Indeed this is where he was born. He did not live here long, however. Nonetheless, there is a big push to use his birthplace as a tourist attraction, and many people do come to the HCA museum. Heck the even named the marathon about him:
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| From HCA Marathon |
But what else is there? Well, Odense is a European city so it has a downtown shopping area, a city hall and a church. It also is a city, so it has a mall and industry. Being near the coast it has a harbor. Sounds like it is kinda plain?
Yes and no. Odense has a lot of open space. A river runs through it forming a natural parkland, and sprinkled throughout the rest of the city are large tracks of open space. Some of it is developed, but other parts are merely forest or open field. Odense is also the center of Fyn, which has turned out to be a really great place. For pastoral vistas it cannot be beat.
Finally, for us it is a nice place to live. It is not a super cosmopolitan place with a vibrant culture. So coming from Maine, we are not in double culture shock.
2 comments:
Hey Matt,
Interesting post and great pictures. It makes me wonder what someone from Odense would think of Auburn --and what they would photograph to show the folks back home-- if the roles were reversed.
Here's a question maybe you could cover in some future post: all the pictures on the blog look completely devoid of anything remotely American (except the Johnson / Duvals of course). How much American "stuff" do you see in Odense? McDonald's? Coke? American cars? Levis? Starbucks? I'm just curious how much / how little Odense culture is affected by American trends and products. From the pictures I would guess very little effect. True?
Hope you're all doing well.
Dave
Hey Dave,
I had the same thought on Auburn when I wrote this post. I imagine the mills would be featured, no?
On the other subject, I guess it would be good to do a post on the effect of US culture. I will work on that. I certainly am thinking about the issue. For starters - cars - almost no US models. McDonald's and Coke are universal. But more to come.
We are going well. It is an adventure, and talk from the kids of late has had mentions of home. Hope you all are doing well too.
md
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