Copenhagen to Ærø - August 10

We were on the bus by 9:00 and set out for Roskilde to visit the Viking Museum. By 10:00 we were watching a film describing the Viking culture that centered around boating and building ships for commerce, fishing, protection and voyaging. With the discovery of sunken vessels in the fjord, contemporary Danes painstakingly reconstructed the history of their Viking forbearers at this fascinating museum. Remains of the boats and life-sized models of how they originally looked were some of the featured exhibits. Ann found amber earrings as souvenirs.

Also in Roskilde we visited the ornate Lutheran cathedral before having lunch on the “mall”. Both were worthwhile, but were outshined by the museum.

Our bus ride to catch the ferry to Ærø was nap time for many of us. After we boarded the ferry and had an initial thrill of experiencing sea air top side, Lisa came and informed us of an Irish band playing inside. For the rest of the ride we enjoyed the lively music of an excellent 6-man band.

Quaint Aero was all it was built up to be. We had the garden cottage named Copenhagen at a B & B -Tolbodhus - with a detached bathroom. We had to walk across the garden courtyard to get to it. At least we weren’t sharing a bathroom like the other three couples with us.


Our Cottage

Dinner of roast pork, red cabbage and potatoes was followed by an unpronounceable pudding made out of pureed fruit with berries on top covered by cream. It was sumptuous.

After dinner we followed the night watchman/lamp lighter/story teller for a walk around the village. Because we were tired, we bailed out after three stops.