Awesome Æroskobing

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“The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.” – Gloria Steinem R.I.P. 🥲

We parked Strawberry in Svendborg and hopped this ferry to the isle of Æro.
After a very comfortable, one hour+ journey we were there!
We stayed in the tiny town of Æroskobing where Murph found this nice apartment that was a short walk from the ferry dock.
It had an interesting piece hanging on the wall and many references to the popular character, TinTin around the room.
Murph loved this old window lock apparatus. It took a bit of thought but before long we were working them like champs!
We were very much looking forward to biking around the island so, once settled, we did just that. We rode the coast with beautiful views like this.
And this!
Denmark has a great numbering system for their bike routes so it makes navigating quite easy.
Æroskobing is known for their tiny, Monopoly-like beach huts along the shore.
These beach escapes are privately owned on land rented from the town. Each is different and only one room – public WCs just down the path. It’s perfectly acceptable—and very Danish—to borrow a porch for a sunset sit!
I absolutely loved the personal touches in the windows.
Very sweet
At one point we had to do a bit of clean up. The path was blocked with fallen branches from a recent storm.
We passed many U-shaped farm houses, typical of Denmark. The three sides block the wind and store cows, hay and people.
While stopping to take a few photos of this farm we noticed the darkening sky. Yup, we got caught in it, but we had packed rain jackets and umbrellas on our bikes. We pulled up under some trees and popped up the umbrellas – 10 minutes later we were riding again! We found the weather in Denmark to be very “Irish”.
This is the kind of architecture we saw and loved.
We thought this one was of particular interest –
with it’s fine attention to detail!
Nothing like a Main Street that ends at the sea ❣️
Many of the houses had “street spies” on them — clever mirrors that let residents inside keep an eye on what’s going on outside.
I found this bakery that had the most wonderful chocolate chip cookies – loaded with nuts. 😋
In windows throughout town, we noticed matching dog figurines. We read that these Staffordshire dogs (and knockoffs), popular in Victorian times, were placed facing inward when sailors were at home, and outward when they were away – supposedly to let village men know which ladies were lonely. What the what now? 😳
Full disclosure, the first day I tried to get on these heavy e-bikes I took a bit of a tumble on to the cobble stones. I had to do a bit of yoga breathing and a lot of self talking to get back up and going. So worth it though!
This is a 6,000 year old dolmen – an early Neolithic burial place. For 6,000 years, this has been a holy spot. The stones were considered to be fertility aids: For centuries, locals in need of virility chipped off bits and took them home. And yet, this ancient site was just off in the middle of a farmer’s field. No visitors center, no admission…
Old Peter Jacobsen, who made his first bottle at 16 and his last at 85, created some 1,700 ships-in- bottles in his lifetime.
He bragged that he drank the contents of each bottle…except those containing milk.
This museum opened in 1943, when the mayor of Æroskobing offered Peter and his wife a humble home in exchange for the right to display his works. Bottle Peter died in 1960 (and is most likely buried in a glass bottle;-), leaving a lifetime of elaborate little creations for visitors to squint and marvel at.
This one is around 3 feet long and very detailed – fascinating indeed!
Our last night in Æroskobing we had dinner in the garden here.
Murph had teriyaki steak and
I had an amazing plate of grilled cabbage, beets, squash and a potato cake. All so interesting and incredibly delicious!
And for my flower loving friend, Roy
and all of the rest
of my gardening buddies ❣️
I’m starting to really appreciate co-ed restrooms – they make so much more sense and are so practical.
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  2. Dear Barb and Murph, Just loved this one…the colors, the flowers, the food and tiny houses on the beach. Thank you for chronicling your adventures for us. Glad that tumble didn’t break any bones. Much love, Kathleen

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  3. Hi Barb & Murph,Looks like you guys are having such a fun time in Denmark. Love the farms & the u concept. Sure does make sense. The personal window touches on the homes are so sweet, the tiny beach houses, the rock design cemented into the building is all so quaint . Glad you got a chance to bike, hope you didn’t get too bruised with your fall. I am enjoying following you guys on your blog. I feel as if I am traveling with you. Take good care.I will be connecting with Sandra tomorrow regarding your blog. Karen🙏🏻💕

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    1. Yup! Gotta get right back on! Physically hurt a little – hurt my pride more! Your dad assured the man were getting the bikes from that I ride all the time & really do know how to bike. Just pretty big & heavy and started out on cobbles – rookie mistake!!! xo

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    1. Just a rookie error – you’d think I’d never ridden a bike before 🙄Just give me a normal, lightweight ride – please!

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  8. Awesome indeed – all of it! I’m so enjoying your journey 😍

    I have an e-bike, it’s great for hilly landscapes or long rides, but yes, heavy, and tricky on gravel/cobbles etc. I’ve slid and fallen too…ouch!

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