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To catch up with Eva and Rune we headed west from Sweden back to the Danish Island of Samso. Rune was in a flurry, organising his imminent departure to Sydney to fly float planes for a week so we were pleased to catch him before he left.

We hear about a pan cake fly in on Fun, east of Odense so took to the air for the 20 minute flight south.
As well as seeing Lars and Catrin again (and convincing Lars to come for a round of golf on the course on Samso), we met several of the micro pilots from that area. Excellent pancakes, enthusiastic people. Great combination :)


 Erik and his wife host the local micro club and have installed a former boarder control guard box to act as a pancake eating and pow wow station. Excellent!





A troupe of German parachutists arrived overhead Samso one day, as part of their 3 day 15 airfield jump safari. We were impressed. What an operation.



This vast castle on the south edge of Samso turns out to have been built for the mistress of a Danish king. It now seems to be the part of a privately owned farming estate.


Valentina and Lorenzo have recently moved up to Samso from Venice. They invited us for dinner at their new house which they have refurbished into a store for the Italian wine and food that they sell. This summer they are starting Gelato production. Lorenzo has attended the Gelato university that we've been considering so it was interesting to hear about the course, which he recommends. He was the Italian dealer of a particular modern microlight design and is waiting for the chance to pull his plane out of his garage and fly it again.

If you are on Samso, I highly recommend dropping in for a chat, they are lovely and have some wonderful Italian food and wine products.