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OT - Why Denmark is Better Than Texas
On 7/15/2011 9:56 AM, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Jul 15, 3:47 am, Lou wrote: Denmarks climate is not as extreme as the other Scandinavian countries. It is much like the Dutch climate. Got the day off today to work on my home improvement project of this year. Plan a 100 km ride later this afternoon. All this I would not do when it was 104 F, but it's 20-21 C, partly cloudy with a gentle breeze. Good luck with your Texas/Austin climate. I had the pleasure of traveling through Solvang, California recently, a Danish enclave become tourist-spot now celebrating its 100th anniversary. As we drove into the area, a hot, dry Oak savanna-in-a-valley, I wondered why Danish folk would come here - it's not like Denmark at all. When we touristed through Solvang the next day, I learned that these Danish /didn't/ come from Denmark - they came from Iowa/Wisconsin/Minnesota after initially immigrating /there/. I imagine those Solvang-founders-to-be saying "Danmark vas never like dis, let's find a varmer spot!" Cycling content: Solvang regularly hosts a time trial stage of the Tour of California, and has lovely quiet roads for cycling in the vicinity. I retraced a ride from my youth that was a lot harder than I remembered (Figueroa Mountain Road), discovering that I'm a lot older than I was 30 years ago. Mark J. |
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