Land of Fairy Tales - Denmark II

 Nothing beats the curiosity in us, really. As we approached the entrance of Legoland Billund.  It was a magical feeling as we were going to the origin of Lego! I wasn't sure how other Legolands look like but this one is surely authentic one.

We saw kids with parents going into Legoland. Not very crowded as we streamed into Legoland.  We were fascinated by the stuff in Legoland and my wife led me straight to the tower ride to see the aerial view of Legoland. Wow.  What a starting ride to go right on top.  My dear told me that the rides should all be kiddy ones, nothing to worry about. 

Frankly, we were amazed by the details of Legoland. Near the jungle, you could see lego lion gang. Very realistic as the train ride passed through the safari jungle.  I rem there were roaring noises too. Haha, feel like a kid again.  

The mini-Copenhagen famous colourful Nyhavn (I finally got the correct spelling) where yachts berth were so real - perhaps it is a 1:x scale model? It was really interesting as there were other models including airports and the airlines too - I didn't spot SQ though. The efforts and the details were worth a thousand claps to me. We wonder how BB will feel if he was here. 

Next in our itinerary were the different rides. From train rides to boat rides to plane rides, we tried to try as many rides as possible since we have the 2-day pass.  Some of the seats were really for children and they were hard for us.  "Hard" literally. 

We went for aquarium adventure and wow wow the place was interesting.  We were amazed again by the details put in by Legoland - from treasure chest, capsized boats to divers - they were like a story to be told by Lego. We took turns to take an interesting pose with the Lego divers and at times with school of fishes swimming across our heads! 

We were so playful playing most of the rides that we had to rush to a new place "Ninjago" to play the Ninja game.  Initially, I still a bit worried about the Ninja ride as I was uncertain what it entailed. Understanding that we had to use our hands to simulate throwing of darts when our ninja car moved along the rail, we quickly got into actions.  The playful and "want-to-win" spirit came alive in me and I "karate chop" here and "TKD chop" there to hit the targets.  I even made use of my cooking skills - chopping minced meat - to "throw" the darts out.  Haha, I got quite a high score and I proudly bought the photo of us in action. It was the last game we played as Legoland rides closed at around evening time.  

What an interesting Lego Day!  What's funny was we played the "mild" kiddish rides on Day 1 and we did the more scarier rides on Day 2.  Water rides with slight sudden fall from steep gradients ~ we screamed when we were thrown down from the rides ~ well, I regretted that I didn't buy the photo as my wife said that was the most authentic side of us.  

Lego-ing. 

Land of Fairy Tales - Denmark I

I was still thinking which or where should I start to blog about our recent Denmark trip. Maybe I should start with the adventure we had at Legoland, and it would be apt to start off with the place we stayed?  It was very kiddy and " lego" when we first checked in.  A key in the shape of Lego Block - wow, I was getting to like the place.  We bunked in a " holiday camping site" where we needed to buy a camping permit.  I was still wondering where should I apply for it and well, it was already part of the cost in the reservation.  

Room Key in Lego block

It was fun searching for the hut H31. There was a field with "warning sign" for scorpions and I was very very wary whether there were actually one or not.  I was always on high alert when I chanced upon that field, and made sure my wife dun go near it. 

The "Lego Land" was not too far from this holiday village.  About 10 mins walk and it was cold out there so walking won't sweat. 

We sort of got our "bearings"  right and we ventured into our room. Wooden hut and well, it was nice. 

One typical hut with lego stuff built-in. I was still wondering if they could do all in Lego haha. Very nice feeling especially when it was located in the forest.  Of cos, I still did a check for snakes, pests and bears? haha. 

The interior of the hut was amazing.  Posters of lego, hunter's equipment like hammer and gun in Lego could be found. We even have two rooms and jokingly sharing with my wife that we could zz in separate room if we quarrelled.  My wife said we were not suited to live in small apartment i.e. hut.  

The bathroom was decent and clean.  We got a bit issue with the water tank as I had emptied it to wash and disinfect the utensils, and as well as taking a shower.  Ended up my wife with no hot water.  Poor her - no shower will be angry.

The whole place gave me and us a cozy feel.  I used to watch cartoons about people living in such wooden hut in the forest.  Interestingly, we got to have this chance to stay in such an interesting Lego hut.  At night, we "on" the lamps and I closed the windows to prevent bugs from flying in.  (My wife would say moths, I suppose).

We also bought instant noodles to prepare for breakfast the next day since there were induction cooker and utensils.  Well, we had slight argument over the cooking ordeal though haha. 

I was happy that my wife planned this legoland visit as part of the itinerary. At first, I was still a bit "uneasy" going to Legoland as we didn't even go to the one in JB.  No regret despite the longer journey from Copenhagen to Legoland.  It's definitely worth it and in fact, it was a good starting point for our journey of fairy tales.

Lego!