The Aftermath

Many of us slept in a little bit today. Not because we had overdone it yesterday, but more because of all the work that went into putting the party together. K and I were obviously not fatigued from this because we did minimal work. Such is the price of being guests of honor and a certain amount of the things that had to be done were to be kept in secret from us so we obviously couldn't help with those things.

The plan for today was to have a late lunch and then drive down to the Randers area to return the grill that was used to cook the pig. The whole Pedersen/Tønnesen/Johnsson pod would come along on this adventure because after returning the grill we would head to Randers Rainforest.

So, after a late lunch, we all piled into Hans's Volvo, Niklas's Seat and our BMW. The grill was stowed in the trailer hitched to Hans's Volvo. The entire caravan slowly drove to our first destination a little bit north of Randers. This took more than an hour from what I can remember.

We dropped off the grill and then headed over to the Randers Rainforest (Info). This is a "bio-dome" type zoo that emulates the rainforest climates of South America, Asia and Africa. Each continent is in it's own section of this complex. It is made to be as close to a natural habitat as you can get in a zoo situation. Many of the animals are able to roam free. Kristen made friends with a Golden Lion Tamarin who got very amorous towards her hand. She seemed to have this affect on many of the animals, including a lonely bachelor tapir.

It was hot and humid in each of the rainforest environments. We were all quite sweaty by the time we had seen everything, so we replenished ourselves with water and ice cream. A quick group photo and we headed back home. However, we had to stop at Ella's house to drop off the trailer. She tried very hard to have us all come in for a cup of coffee, but we were very tired and ready to go home and have dinner.

Tonight's dinner was the leftover flounder filets with assorted side dishes and a salad. We all sat at the picnic table again. That flounder was just amazing, even the day after it had been cooked.