Alborg, Denmark


Today we visited Alborg, a small, charming town of Denmark. We took a guided walking tour in the morning, enjoying all the beauty of the town. Alborg is a town of about 120,000 with a third of the population being students in local universities. The town is delightful and everyone seemed to have a smile on their face. 

After a quick lunch back on board, we went on a somewhat unusual afternoon excursion.  We took a guided walking tour of some of the local pubs. We each were given our own glass to carry along with 6 drink coupons to use along the way. We were able to enjoy some of the local brews. Fortunately, the glasses were only 6 ounces so we made it safely back to the ship. Tomorrow we stop in Copenhagen. 


Viking Neptune moored in Alborg


Old Town Alborg


City Street 


 

We love red doors

Beautiful Hydrangeas 



The Beer Walk Begins

One of three Pubs where we stopped 


Janet had some beer
And even tried some schnapps 

We carried our glasses with us


This pub reminded us of TKE
our college fraternity

 

Comments

  1. AbbyJuly 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM

    Beer walk yahoo! Now you are talkin my language!! Looks like fun! Great job mom for drinking beer haha! Very cute town too! Next time take me ;)

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    1. Janet ZimJuly 25, 2024 at 2:24 AM

      You would have been proud of me - blond beers - wheat beers & IPA’s. Totally fun to drink beer with the locals - in old beautiful pubs!

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  2. JimJuly 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM

    Now that looks like a fun day! Hope you had some local currency when you ran out of drink tickets.

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    1. Janet ZimJuly 25, 2024 at 2:24 AM

      Haha. Couldn’t drink fast enough to use up all the beer tokens.

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  3. Jack R. JohnsonJuly 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM

    Do you get to keep the glasses??

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    1. Todd ZimJuly 30, 2024 at 11:35 AM

      Yes, but now we have to figure out how to pack them safely for the flight home.

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