A little while back Vanity Fair had an article about Scandinavia that left me both laughing and feeling insulted. Those are the best articles, aren`t they, the ones that inspire a multitude of emotions? Apparently A.A.Gill was annoyed with the “Scandinavian wave” sweeping over the world lately (I didn`t know there was one but then …
I`m still on vacation and just came back to Denmark from a nice trip to Poland where we visited Poznan (don`t go there) and Gdansk (a very beautiful city). But what do you know – Mama Lovis sent me a picture of a Viking festival taking place very close to our cabin. Of course, I …
My laptop screen looks like an etch-a-sketch right now – a gray mass with little lines and that`s about it. This means no writing about Sookie the Shieldmaiden since what I had written was on that laptop. If I bat my eyes at my husband I can borrow his laptop but Shieldmaiden is on Summer …
Elbly showed me this very interesting clip and I`ll share it with you: Legendary Viking town unearthed July 2, 2012 – 05:00 The hidden centre of power for the first Danish kings may well have popped up from the soil in Northern Germany. Archaeologists have surprisingly found some 200 houses and piles of weapons. By: …
My author name, Thyra Dane, comes from Thyra Danebod, who is one of my main historical heroes. I suppose she`s my hero because she is one of few women mentioned by name in the Viking age. We know she existed because her husband, King Gorm the Old, made a rune stone with her name on …
I`m getting ready for my vacation now and if you want to know more about where I`m going, I can recommend my fanfic Dead in Denmark (posted on this site and on Fanfiction.net: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5045916/1/Dead_in_Denmark We have half a cabin there and here are a few pictures of the beach which is a five minute walk away …
Sooooo in 15 minutes the game between Denmark and Germany will start (yes, we`re talking about football) – a game that will determine if Denmark will advance in the Euro cup, currently being played in Poland and Ukraine. Sweden is already out of the cup so Denmark is the last Nordic country left. I`m biting …