Just in case you didn't know, Lego is a Danish company. There are Legolands all over the world, but we visited the original in Billund--a city three hours and a couple islands west of Copenhagen.
The park had rides, games, shops, etc. aimed at kids, but the enormous Lego models were for everyone, especially people like me. There were probably two dozen scenes like this one, all made of millions of Legos. What you see here is the first ever townscape--a sort of generic Danish town--now 30+ years old.
People laughed when they heard five adults were visiting Legoland with no children, but I didn't care. These little plastic blocks were an integral part of my childhood... literally... when you consider how many I accidentally swallowed. Seriously though, how can they
not capture your imagination, old or young? This was yet another religious pilgrimmage for me and kids would have only gotten in the way.
In the end they did get in the way a couple of times, but I tried to play nice. The boy in the horny hat was trying to copy me but it soon became obvious that he wasn't going to match my skillz.
People laughed when they heard five adults were visiting Legoland with no children, but I didn't care. These little plastic blocks were an integral part of my childhood... literally... when you consider how many I accidentally swallowed. Seriously though, how can they not capture your imagination, old or young? This was yet another religious pilgrimmage for me and kids would have only gotten in the way.
In the end they did get in the way a couple of times, but I tried to play nice. The boy in the horny hat was trying to copy me but it soon became obvious that he wasn't going to match my skillz.
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