Our viking Adventure

Today was the day we set aside to visit the Viking museum.  The day started with a half hours train ride and then a 1 hour bus ride through the beautiful Danish countryside, something we would not have experienced if we had stayed  only in Copenhagen.  The bus driver took us past the usual bus stop and let us out at the entrance to the museum grounds.This area is a real education!  Although I taught about the Vikings as an elementary school teacher, actually seeing the reconstructed boats and other artifacts gave me a much better appreciation of their skills as a sea faring nation.  Archeologists discovered the ruins of 5 Viking boats under water, that had been deliberately scuttled and sunk as protection agains other tribes. The various pieces of the boats have been painstakingly  preserved and carefully re-assembled to restore the actual boats. Today's pictures include a partial reconstruction, and a picture of a real old Viking!