Today I had another grand multi city trip planned further into the Denmark interior to take advantage of my three day rail pass. Todays trip would take me first 90 mins by rail into the central interior town of Odense famous as the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson.

Odense is also famous for the third of Denmark's water castles, Egeskov, having visited the first two Frederiksborg and Kronborg yesterday. However the castle is 30 kms outside of town, and the connecting rail line only runs hourly in each direction. This would mean if I went it would just be a single day trip to Odense and Egeskov and I wouldn't be able to visit other towns I planned like Nyborg and Roskilde.

As I'd already seen two grand castles yesterday I opted to drop Egeskov for more variety in Roskilde on my return back to Copenhagen. I took the commuter train from Norreport Stn by my hotel to Central Station taking advantage of my rail pass now that I knew I could use it on this line rather than walking to Central Station.

I went to the scheduled track but they changed it as was becoming common at stations. I got the 8.28 train and arrived in Odense by 10am.

On arrival in Odense I followed my internet map to find Hans Christian Andersons house. It wasn't well marked and I wandered around some of the old town trying to find it. The buildings were picturesque but it was deserted this early in the day and in low tourist season.

Eventually I found signs to the museum. Entrance was 90K ($18) and was actually more expensive then the large elaborate palaces I had visited yesterday. They also gave me a town map which would be useful to find other sights when I left.

The museum was nice but nothing spectacular. They had enclosed his home inside and had other wings illustrating his life, the times in which he lived. and a large library of his works.

It was more a celebration of the author and not of his characters and stories. They had collected many old original volumes, as well as translated copies from around the world.

Heading out I used the town booklet they had provided to find some other sights. Nearby was the Town Hall and Cathedral.

Inside the Cathedral were the remains of King Knud and his brother who died in 1066. I'm not sure if this is related to The Battle of Hastings in 1066 when the Normans conquered England and founded the British Monarchy.

Hans Christian Anderson's birth home is actually in another part of town I had to follow the map to locate. It was a very small three room house. The upstairs is closed to visitors probably as ceiling height was so low in these old homes.

Heading back to the station I passed by more coloured homes and the Opera House

I was scheduled to goto Nyborg next but to be economical on time I decided not to. It would just have been mostly the same old town streets and a small castle that is not as elaborate as the ones I'd already visited.

I made it to the station in time for the 11.46 train which would get me to Roskilde by 12.56.