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Danish digressions; An off-season trip to Denmark's island of Funen leads our correspondent on a merry round-about through medieval castles, viking burials and the fairy tale world of Hans Christian Andersen.(TRAVEL)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20001022
Author:Welsch, Chris

We crossed the bridge over the moat and pressed the buzzer embedded in the massive oak doors.

The towers of the castle loomed under the seamless slate of gray sky. My Danish friend, Karsten, grinned from ear to ear. "I'm excited about this, too," he said.

We were going to have tea with a countess.

Explaining how my wife and I ended up there - at a medieval castle rising from the flat countryside on the Danish island of Funen - takes a couple of short digressions. And what is travel but a series of digressions? Herewith, I digress:

First off, Denmark sits at the ...

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