We left Copenhagen on Tuesday for our second hotel a few miles up the coast, in Charlottenlund.

It was a beautiful 17th century building; we were lucky to have a room at the front, with a little balcony, and from there we had a lovely view of nearby cottages, and behind them, the sea.

We decided to hire a car for the rest of our holiday, and we went to some lovely places. I’ll share some of them over the next few days – hope you don’t get bored! But for now, I’d just like to take you for a wander in this small area – it’s not a major tourist ‘site’, but I feel it’s just too pretty to skim over.
We saw lots of thatched roofs,

and quite a few cottages, like this one, with beautiful mustard-yellow plasterwork. Isn’t the garden just perfect, with flowers planted to match the walls?

I love how, if you ignore the streetlamp, this path probably looked this way for very many generations.

Charlottenlund is such a charming area, it truly was a pleasure to spend time here wandering around. Next time, I’ll take you to Helsingør, the 12th century castle where Hamlet was set.