A visit with Jan and Helle

I arrived early at Jan and Helle's home. They were very busy getting their Air B&B , the little Leather Shop, ready for a couple that were going to rent it for a few days. Helle showed me my room and the bathroom . While they were taking their dog to the vet to have his sore leg checked, I showered and walked around the house and the yard.

Jan who has traveled extensively in his life was in the building sales industry before the financial crisis a few years back. He met Helle in Scotland when they were younger and both going to school to learn horse saddle workmanship. They met off and on during the years in between travels and finally married and have one grown son. They own a separate building that is the Air B&B and also their workshop. Jan just sold his beautiful sail boat to a man in Lithuania and he and the man sailed it there. Now Jan's interest is in catamarans. Jan and Helle both planned and built this house and landscaped up from the road and planted all their trees.

The view across the street from Jan's place

Helle has a mother , Dorte and two brothers that live close and farm over 2000 hectares of land into onions, sweet corn, cabbage, potatoes and many more vegetables. It is a HUGE operation.

The poor dog with his leg wrapped.

Someone paints

I felt like a queen sleeping in this bed.

Their son's old toys

Some of Helle's toys

Beautiful interior of home

Outside by the flowers

I asked if I could help with something and Helle suggested I could pick some berries before the rain. I think I did well!

Before supper Jan had to go feed his horse and also pick up some vegetables from the store.

Jan says he rides his horse down to the beach and lets it swim and he hangs on by the tail and lets it pull him.

The business of Helle's brothers

Onions laying in rows ready to be picked up

Jan holding the tray of vegetables we got from the cooler of the store.

Sweet corn

Shelves in the store

Jan with his catamaran

With Dorte, Helle's mother. She is 85 and drinks wine and smokes and the only problem she has is balance, so she uses walking sticks. She is very talkative and also well traveled in her lifetime. She and her husband were very hard working successful farmers in South Africa and then Denmark.

The Air B&B, the Little Leather Shop in Assens on the island of Fyn, Denmark. It is totally booked all year.

Jan's model for his house

Helle made a delicious supper