A ride with Henrik, the prince of Denmark

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Uma carona com o príncipe dinamarquês Henrik

A estudante de enfermagem Sus Thorsøe mora numa pequena ilha dinamarquesa chamada Bornholm e frequentemente pede carona para chegar à sua universidade, que fica na cidade de Rønne. Domingo passado ao conseguir mais uma carona, ela fico surpresa ao perceber quem havia parado pra ela.

Dentro da van havia um grupo de caçadores, dos quais Sus pôde reconhecer alguns por já haver-los visto em revistas semanais. Ao entrar no carro ela não pode notar que lá dentro também estava o príncipe dinamarquês (!) Henrik entre todos aqueles homens vestidos com roupas de caça. Mas logo ela se deu conta de que quem estava atrás do volante, ou seja, quem literalmente havia parado pra dar carona pra ela foi o próprio príncipe Henrik, afirma o jornal DR Bornholm.

"Quando me virei eu descobri que era o Príncipe atrás do volante. Então foi ele que tinha parado para me pegar. Isso causou muitas risadas no carro ", diz Sus.

Mais tarde, a Corte Real dinamarquesa confirmou que o príncipe Henrik tinha dado uma carona no domingo. O incidente aconteceu enquanto o Príncipe Consorte foi visitar a ilha dinamarquesa para se divertir em uma caça em grupo com seus amigos.

Príncipe Henrik

De acordo com a emissora dinamarquesa TV 2, não é a primeira vez que o príncipe Henrik dá uma carona para alguém. Durante uma visita à ilha dinamarquesa 'Ertholmene' em 2008, o príncipe Henrik havia oferecido carona em seu iate real ao gerente da ilha, Peter Riis, porque o gerente estava atrasado para um jantar de família em outra ilha.

Este post foi originalmente postado em inglês aqui (visite o post original para ver fotos do Príncipe Henrik).

Sus Thorsøe from the small Danish island of Bornholm sticks her thumb in the air on a regular basis in order to get to the island’s largest town, Rønne, where she is studying at the nursing school. However, on Sunday she got quite the surprise when she realised who had picked her up.
Inside the dark blue Volkswagen van was a group of hunters including several who Sus recognised from the weekly magazines. To begin with Sus couldn’t see Prince Henrik inside the Volkswagen among the hunting-clad men, but it turned out that the Prince was present because Prince Henrik was actually sitting behind the wheel, writes local newspaper DR Bornholm.

“When I turned around I discovered that it was the Prince himself behind the wheel. So it was he who had stopped to pick me up. It caused a great deal of laughs in the car,” says Sus.

Later the Danish Royal Court confirmed that Prince Henrik had picked up a hitchhiker on Sunday. The incident happened while the Prince Consort was visiting the Danish island to go buck hunting with his buddies.

Prince Henrik

According to the Danish broadcaster TV 2 it’s not the first time Prince Henrik gives a ride to a hitchhiker. During an island visit to the Danish ‘Ertholmene’ in 2008, Prince Henrik offered a ride on the royal yacht to island manager Peter Riis as the manager was running late to a family dinner on another island.

This text was originally posted here (check it to see photos from Prince Henrik).

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A cat by the roadside and a car stopped to pick me up

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Um gatinho na beira da estrada e de repente peguei uma carona na Dinamarca!

Um gatinho no meio do mato me observando caronar, exatamente nessa hora um carro para pra mim :)

A motorista me convidou pra ir visitar dois amigos dela com ela, e eu fui! Até tomei uma cerveja com eles e fui levado de novo até a estrada pra seguir pedindo minhas caronas rumo ao sul.

A cute little cat in the middle of the grass watching me hitchhike, when a car actually stopped for me :)

The driver invited me to come visit two friends of hers, and I did so! I even had a beer with them and afterwards I was back to the road hitchhiking south.

I wonder how many Danes who's reading this post actually knows where the city where I am is today. It is called Oegoed, and it's located in western part of Jutland.

To get here by hitchhiking - complementing what you watch in the video - was pretty much like this:

• Around 30min waiting in Aalborg an I was picked up by a woman from the island of Mors who drove me to somewhere before Viborg. She has hitchhiked once when younger.
• Around 5min two young Danish brothers picked me up to Viborg. One of them has hitchhiked in the past.
• In not more than 10min a guy pulled over, he was more hangover than me and said that there were chances that he could have to stop to puke at some point. He also passed by somewhere to pick up his brother, who later told me he has hitchhiked once as well. PS. I could get married to both of them, at once, tomorrow, haha Their last name should be Prettybrothers or something alike. LOL I was dropped off somewhere before Herning.
• Around 30 to 40 min, and when I was filming a cat in the middle of the grass (video above) by the road, a woman picked me up. She had been hitchhiking a few times in the past too. She invited me to some friends placer, I came along, she gave me a beer and a bit later dropped me off on the road to continue my journey.
• 3min and a couple of elder Danes super nice both of them were going to Esbjerg and dropped me of in Ølgod, my destination.

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