Show Letter To Editor Ji Town Is Danish f LETTER TO In the of 19 appeared an item under Bountiful Brief about and D. T. Burningham visiting the Dutch settlement of and enjoyed the fine Dutch food and seeing the quaint Dutch buildings and HAVING been born in I guess I am somewhat jealous of the Danes receiving credit where credit is And with all due respect for the great Dutch I wish to correct the of Solvang being because this town is as Danish as anything you can find in the United SOLVANG is a small community of some located some three miles of California highway at where you leave the highway and drive up a narrow but paved road towards the beautiful valley of Santa Ynez where is located the old Mission of Santa In the early part of this century a number of Danish pioneers settled in this valley and incorporated the town which was named very much a Danish r name meaning ti AS THE settlement they erected a typical ish village church OT and established a Danish College This was a school where you obtain a full college but rather a place where could study Danish y and folk i- As the town grew added many buildings ical of old Danish houses and also adding a windmill of which are a great many in AT A certain time of th usually in August are celM l During these the descendants of the oU Danish pioneers put their Danish national coi and entertain public with songs folk This tion has become very throughout the United States and eventually become one of the grea tourist attractions in state of Most of the food servers is typical Danish and Danish pastry you can is simply out of this MY WIFE and I I visited this lovely community on many ferent occasions and enu joyed the traditional Dan d ish From Solta vang you can continue bo the same road through majestic Santa Is mountains and enjoy ail wonderful view of the grea Pacific Ocean before riving at the beautiful of Santa fall Philip Jensen West Second |