Picture Thread

[b etor]

i just realized i didn't post any pictures of when i went with my dad to arizona. so i will now. [[prepare for a lot of photos]]

Grand Canyon and surrounding areas
also, me and my dad. we're silly *****es.













































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[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Asmodean
the knights of the elephant order, Denmark's finest order.

I'm guessing it was created in the days when elephants roamed free in the Danish countryside?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Darsnan
Me a few yards short of completing the 10 mile Mountain Goat run. Won't get any points for style, but I did post my best time in 7 years!

Nice shorts

[Darsnan]

Me a few yards short of completing the 10 mile Mountain Goat run. Won't get any points for style, but I did post my best time in 7 years!

[bongo]

You know, us mortal exchange business cards and the like. Royals exchagne orders

[Zoid]

They get to choose between a case of Carlsberg or the order. They always go for the order...

[Asmodean]

Well, it is a tradition for visiting heads of state to get the order, and both Clinton and Bush have visited Denmark, so....

Asmodean

[Rommel2D]

Originally posted by Asmodean
[...]the knights of the elephant order, Denmark's finest order. This order is only given to heads of State, and royalty. Among recipients are William Jefferson Clinton and George W. Bush.

They don't sound very picky...

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
Mon Denmark

Breathtaking natural landscape

that is nice

[Asmodean]

Thanks Zoid, for stepping in

It is indeed Frederiksborg Palace. The palace has been used by the danish kings as a place of residence and/or hunting palace.

Most of the palace was destroyed in a fire in 1859, and the current palace, while an exact replica, was built after that time. The restaurantion went rather slowly, though. Then in 1878, I.C. Jacobsen, the founder and then owner of the Carlsberg Breweries funded the restauration of the palace's interior, and the transformation of the palace to a museum of national history.

As a point of interest, the church of the palace contains the Coats of Arms for all the knights of the elephant order, Denmark's finest order. This order is only given to heads of State, and royalty. Among recipients are William Jefferson Clinton and George W. Bush. Only 3 non-danish commoners have received the order in the 20ieth century. These were Dwight D. Eisenhower (he got the order before he was elected president), Bernhard Law Montgomery and Winston Churchill.

Here is a picture from inside the chapel. The coats of armor are on display along side the galleries that you see to the right and left.




As for WW2, Denmark didn't see much destruction. The danish government adopted a policy of appeasement towards the Nazi oppressors, and as such Denmark was spared the destruction that much of Europe saw during that disastrous war. It also made the allies question whether Denmark was on Germany's side, though, and for much of the war, Denmark was considered if not a German ally, then at least a country not sided with the allies. It actually took a very active resistance movement and the ever increasing demands of the German's to make the danish government see the error of their ways, and in august 1943, the government resigned, and Denmark was after that a truly occupied country.

[Grandpa Troll]

Mon Denmark

Breathtaking natural landscape

[Grandpa Troll]

Beautiful artistry of the Hillerod

[Zoid]

It looks like the Fredriksborg palace (situated in the town of Hilleröd) . It was built in 1560 by king Frederick II. Most of the current palace, however, was built from 1602 to 1620 by Christian IV.

[Grandpa Troll]

This is from Denmark, what is this "Hillerod?"
It looks like a Chateau.

It could be a resort

maybe a Hotel?

How old is it?

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


How far is Denmark from Holland?

Approx 360 kilometers.

And Market Garden was meant to facilitate the allied crossing of the Rhine following the german defeat in Normandie. But alas it failed since the bridge at Arnhem wasn't captured...