16:30 Lois og jeg går en kort tur i nabolaget. Vores rute: Borgergade,
Møllegade og tilbage igen via Højgade og Dybegade. På vej kommer vi forbi den mysteriøse dør, som vi altid har været
nysgerrige om. Døren er indbygget i en gammel mur. Man kan se en masse træ på
den anden side af døren, som altid er låst.
Lois står foran den mysteriøse dør, vi altid
har været nysgerrige om!
For nylig købte vi en ny bog, ”Prestbury Past and Present (Volume 1)”,
skrevet af Michael Cole og udgivet af Prestbury Local History Society. Bogen
forklarer, at denne dør fra sidst i det XVIII. århundrede, førte ind til en
”Grotto”, dengang en moderigtig form for forlystelse. Grottoen bestod af en
lille bygning pyntet indenfor med skaller, fossiler, og vinduer af malet glas.
Bag dette bygning var en kinesisk tempel, der var brugt som en lille tehus, og et
tårn med en smuk udsigt over landsbyen.
Det er svært at tro, men Kong George III og Dronning Charlotte kørte
forbi i hestevogn i 1788 og drak te på Grottoens tehus.
Disse bygninger blev alle revet ned i midten af det XIX. århundrede. I
dag er kun døren og muren tilbage fra den.
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad: øksekød-karry og ris, med jordbær og fløde
til dessert – mums!
21:00 Vi bruger aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant
dokumentarfilm, der handler om de indfødte amerikanske stammer, der bor på
kysten mellem Washington State og Alaska.
Disse stammer var heldige ikke at blive fundet af europæiske bosættere
eller købmænd før sidst i det XVIII. århundrede. Dermed var der ikke noget
folkedrab, som andetsteds i Nord- og Sydamerika. De kunne sælge hav-odder pelse
(verdens tykkeste pelse og meget eftertragtede) til de europæiske købmænd og så
undgå at blive dræbt!
22:00 Vi går i seng. Jeg læser 8 sider fa min sengetidbog, ”1812:
Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow” af Adam Zamoyski, før jeg glider over i søvnen
– zzzzz!!!!
08:00 Vi står op og går i bad. Vi spiser morgenmad og bagefter går ud i
baghaven for at luge lidt og rydde op.
11:00 Lois skal af sted. Hun kører over til den lokale
Sainsburys-supermarked for at købe et par ting. Vi har inviteret vores ven
Michael til frokost i morgen, og hun vil gøre lidt madindkøb.
13:00 Vi spiser frokost: ost og broccoli suppe, boller, tomat og salat –
nam-nam!
15:00 Jeg går i seng og tager mig en kort lur – zzzz !!!
16:00 Jeg står op og kigger lidt på nettet. Jeg læser, at det var for
nøjagtig 100 år siden, at danskerne holdt op med at være en kolonimagt, da de
solgte til USA deres 3 kolonier, alle tre vestindiske øer: Sankt Thomas (besat
siden 1672), Sankt Jan (1718) og Sankt Croix (1733 – oprindeligt en fransk koloni).
Øerne i dag hedder US Virgin Islands.
Danish West Indies
Danskerne havde prøvet i 50-60 år at sælge øerne. Afskaffelsen af
slaveriet og faldet i prisen på sukker havde gjort øerne urentable. Du godeste,
sikke en verden!
English translation
Wednesday, 03.08.2016
1630 till Thursday, 04.08.2016 1629
16:30 Lois and I go for
a short walk in the neighborhood. Our route: Borgergade, Møllegade and back
again via Højgade and Deep Street. On the way we pass the mysterious door that
we have always been curious about. The door is built in an old brick wall. You
can see a lot of trees on the other side of the door, which is always locked.
Lois
standing in front of the mysterious door, we've always been curious about!
Recently we bought a new
book, "Prestbury Past and Present (Volume 1)", written by Michael
Cole and published by Prestbury Local History Society. The book explains that
at the end of the 18th century, this door led into the "Grotto", then
a fashionable form of amusement. The Grotto consisted of a small building
decorated inside with shells, fossils, and windows of painted glass. Behind
this building was a Chinese temple that was used as a small teahouse, and a
tower with a beautiful view of the village.
It's hard to believe,
but King George III and Queen Charlotte drove past in a carriage in 1788 and
drank tea at the Grotto's teahouse.
These buildings were all
demolished in the middle of the 19th century. Today only the door and the wall
are left from it.
18:00 We eat dinner:
beef curry and rice, with strawberries and cream for dessert - yum!
21:00 We spend the
evening on watching TV. They show an interesting documentary about the Native
American tribes who live on the coast between Washington State and Alaska.
These tribes were lucky
not to be found by European settlers or merchants before the end of the 18th
century. Thus there was no genocide, as elsewhere in the Americas. They were
able to sell sea-otter furs (the world's thickest furs and much sought after)
to European merchants and so avoid being killed!
22:00 We go to bed. I
read 8 pages from my bedtime-book, "1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on
Moscow" by Adam Zamoyski, before I drift into sleep - zzzzz !!!!
08:00 We get up and take
a shower. We eat breakfast and then go out in the backyard to weed a little and
clean up.
11:00 Lois has to be
off. She drives over to the local Sainsbury's supermarket to buy a few things.
We have invited our friend Michael to lunch tomorrow, and she wants to do some
food shopping.
13:00 We eat lunch:
cheese and broccoli soup, buns, tomato and lettuce - yum-yum!
15:00 I go to bed and
take a short nap - zzzz !!!
16:00 I get up and take
a look at the web. I read that it was exactly 100 years ago that the Danes
stopped being a colonial power, when they sold to the United States their 3
colonies, all three Caribbean islands: St. Thomas (occupied since 1672), St.
John (1718) and St. Croix (1733 - originally a French colony). The islands are
now called the US Virgin Islands.
Danish West
Indies
The Danes had tried for
50-60 years to sell the islands. The abolition of slavery and the fall in the
price of sugar had made the islands unprofitable. My goodness, what a
world!
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