Sunday with the Lutherans

Dr. Rust's younger brother Thomas, with whom we were staying, is a Lutheran minister. Not wanting his two week vacation to end any sooner than necessary, Thomas wanted to be as far from his parish as possible on Sunday. So, we decided to fire up the family bus and drive over to Denmark.

Thomas insisted on our first stop; we simply had to try the best hotdogs in the world. Final vote was that Erik and I liked them, but Dr. Rust didn't. I contend that he was just upset with his hotdog because it was dripping everywhere.

At the hotdog place.

Thomas and Dr. Rust. See the family resemblance? Neither did we.

The summer home of Denmark's Queen Mother.

Düppel, where Denmark lost to the German Confederation in 1864. They got part of the land back in the aftermath of WWI, so this place is now called Dybbøl. But, you know, "Danzig ist Deutsch," after all.

Pretty scenery on our way to visit Sønderborg castle.

Sønderborg castle has interesting displays about the history of the area. Even though most of the displays were in Danish, we could easily figure out how the Danes feel about the whole thing. On the way home, we ate great "black bread tart." Yum.

We returned to Glucksburg just in time to meet up with Beate and Dr. Rust's younger brother Hans Jürgen with his girlfriend. We all walked over to the nearby castle for dinner in the recently refurbished cellar restaurant. Erik and I both got fish platters of mostly locally (grown?) fish. It was a really nice night. Thanks, Oma!