Supper at a Royally Approved Inn

We left the west coast beach and drove through many small towns on country roads and past big farms with cows until we came to a nicely kept country inn with a straw roof. It is in Hodde and called Kro  and is approved by royalty as they have eaten there and given their stamp of approval. A friend of Susan's at her work suggested the place.

 The inn, from 1783, is well kept and used to be run by a husband and wife but now is run by the son and his mother.

 Kongelig priviligeret- royalty approved

 We had a very nice meal of schnitzel and potato fries and peas and carrots. It was very good and filled me as I was hungry.

 After we finished we talked for a while to our waitress, Rikke and she was amazed at the trip that I had done.

 Adt staar Guds faderhaand-translates to --ot stares the Father's hand of God

 On the way home Susan wanted to do a little detour to see the oldest stone in Denmark- the Jelling stone
The Jelling stones (Danish: Jellingstenene) are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark. The older of the two Jelling stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The larger of the two stones was raised by King Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, in memory of his parents, celebrating his conquest of Denmark and Norway, and his conversion of the Danes to Christianity. The runic inscriptions on these stones are considered the best known in Denmark.^[1]

We had a little bit of a hard time finding them in the dark but they really were in our view the whole time by the church cemetery.

Susan trying to touch the stone which is encased in glass

I am in front and Paul-Eric is waving from behind.

The second stone.

On the way out we were talking about Susan and Paul- Eric's wedding and how they tried to include even loved ones that were deceased by using some jewelry added to her ring or visiting a grave site to place her bouquet

I can never thank you both enough, Paul-Eric and Susan for your hospitality and kindness to me both times that I visited. May God bless you and your family.