After "Finland" we took a lovely walk through the woods and arrived in "Denmark"...
...at this house...
Since Mary was "in charge" of the Danish Area, I handed the camera over to her. The rest of the pictures were taken by her.
You can see how the construction is different from the Finnish home.
But this is not "Danish" construction. In their homeland, the Danes almost exclusively used brick. So when they immigrated to Wisconsin they had to learn from other immigrant groups how to build using timber.
Mary took this picture of the interior of the home. She was interested in the shoes.
The owner of this home lost his wife in childbirth. He eventually remarried, but his second wife also died giving birth. It made me sad to think of the two women who gave their lives in this bedroom.
Out back was the barn.
Again, you can see a difference from the Finnish farm. The Danes used one large, multipurpose barn with areas for milking, chickens, pigs, and storage. Finns prefer multiple small out buildings.
This was a subsistence farm. The family never made much money. They worked very hard just to meet their own basic needs.
The setting was lovely and peaceful.
One of the museum volunteers invited us to pump some water out of the well. We were up for the challenge. (And I stole back the camera.)
(I love Greg's expression in the above picture.)
By the way, Mary chose Denmark because of the flag. She's more than a little obsessed with the triad of "good" colors: pink, purple, and red.
Go Denmark!
The Summer Northern European Tour Wisconsin Time Machine Style will continue soon with Germany.
