The Ingram's: Our Day in Solvang

Saturday September 18, 2010

Brian and I got up early to take a little trip. We made a stop in Thousand Oaks at Great Harvest Bread Co. It was a place I introduced Brian to in Utah. Sadly, I think the bread and goodies taste better in Utah.

Here are some pictures from the beautiful drive that we took.

We then arrived in Solvang, a cute little Danish town about 2 hours North East of us. I had been before when I was younger and remembered it to be a very charming place. I wanted Brian to see it.

We went to Solvang for Danish Days, so there were a lot of other people there, but there was also a lot to see and do.

Here's the Post Office in Solvang.

There was a man there who did wood carving. Here's Brian with the Viking statue.

Brian also took a video of a carving demonstration.

This cute man was playing his accordion.

We then decided to sample the traditional Danish breakfast of Aebleskivers. Brian had never had them before, but I had a roommate in college who made them before. They are like a pancake, but shaped in a sphere. Here are the locals making it.

Here's breakfast! Well, this is Brian's cause there is a sausage (and I don't eat pork sausage). The aebleskivers were served with Raspberry jam. Delicious!

After our "second breakfast" we wandered through all the shops on the main street. We stopped in a toy store and I played with the puppets.

Check out my cute Viking!

There were dancers! They were fun to watch!

Here I am with a couple of warriors!

We wandered and learned of their crafts and weaponry.

This is a beautiful wood carved bench that I rested on. Solvang has so many different shops and bakeries! We were good and only sampled the treats instead of buying buckets of Danish cookies or blocks of fudge!