My youngest brother Ben and his wife Heather visited last week. Having just started a new job, I couldn’t take the week off, so I mostly saw them in the evenings. I did take one afternoon off, and took them up to Hillerød to see Frederiksborg Palace.
Loyal readers may recall that Lisbeth and I stumbled on this palace by accident back in June. This time, however, I took a much closer look, both at the garden, and of the palace itself.
Frederiksborg Place used to be a royal residence, but today it’s home to a museum of natural history. There’s also a church inside the Palace, which is still used by the locals.
The museum has an amazing number of paintings — most of which might be more interesting if I knew a great deal more about Danish history. But it was still interesting.
Unfortunately, it was closing time before we got probably half-way through the museum. As they were ushering us out though, one of the employees asked if we’d seen The Great Hall. When he learned that we hadn’t, he led us to it (it’s the last picture). It’s a stunning room — one that a camera really can’t capture. You could practically hear the music and laughter of countless galas.
They left the next day on a train to Berlin. From there they went to Amsterdam, and then Paris, from where they’ll fly back to the US.
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