Celebrating my birthday in Nordjylland

Back in October, I celebrated my birthday by spending the eve of my birthday on the northwest coast of Jutland. Jan's mom has a vacation condo near a popular summer turist town called, Loekken. It has a reputation for some wild nights, but it also has a nice small village charm and is well known for its beaches and hard candy!

We drove the whole way from Groenhoej to Loekken on the beach. Here's the view from the "bitch" seat.

The yellow buildings of Loekken.

We were present for the making of a batch of corporate hard candies (bolcher) at the local and famous Bolcheriet. Here, they are taking the plain sugar mix and lopping it on the hook, which adds oxygen to the sugar and makes it a white-white, instead that of the yellow color as seen on the work table.

The bolcher makers have colored and flavored the mix and divide the pieces to make a particular design.

After all that work, the big blobs of sugar are stretched down into tiny pieces that are now ready to be bagged and delivered to the company that ordered this batch of bolcher!

One of the best parts of my day was finding Annelisevej on a map of Loekken! A dead-end road in a summer house area is where you will find the beautiful setting of the most wonderful road in all the land!