I remember each Christmas the colorful twinkling lights, the fresh scent of pine, and presents around the Christmas tree. The days before Christmas I would wonder what was under the festive wraps. All except for one. I knew what was in the round metal container. Every Christmas my mom would buy Danish butter cookies. I […]
The first aspect I always notice about any house or building is the architecture. This house is striking to me with it’s brick patterns and various roof pitches. The horse sculpture stands guard upon the rock laid path. Then the front door greets with a dancing female wood spirit accompanied by her forest friends, from Denmarks […]
610 East Highway 246. Solvang, California 93463 This place is near and dear to my heart. Each time we come to visit Solvang the Ostrich’s and Emu’s are on our list of places to visit.
Scent of fresh baked treats spills out onto the sidewalk. Scent beckons me to enter Olsen’s Danish Village Bakery.
Solvang has a handful of Danish bakeries. I visited a different one each morning to try some fresh baked items. This morning I tried Birkholm’s Bakery.
The plan was to visit Paula’s Pancake House but the 45 minute wait torpedoed the plan. Next the requirement we eat at a place in a one block radius led us to The Big Bopper Drive-In.
I was staying in Solvang and excited to see a Hitching Post restaurant nearby. Delicious scent of oak smoke was strong in the parking lot. There were many meat and fish choices on the menu but I can’t resist quail and ribs. I watched as the flames cooked my meal.
