Bob and Ann in Scandinavia 2007

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Viking Ship Reconstructed in the Museum

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. (Did the Vikings originate amber earrings?)

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

Harbor Scene Leaving for Ærø

Irish Band on the Ferry

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.

Our Cottage

Quaint Ærø was all it was built up to be. We had the garden cottage named Copenhagen at a B & B - Tolbodhus - with our own detached bathroom. We walked across the garden courtyard to get to it - a minor challange in the middle of the night.

Dinner was at Hotel Ærøhus one of the other hotels used by our group. We had roast pork, red cabbage and potatoes followed by an unpronounceable pudding - rødgrød med fløde - 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.

The map of our route is below. To see it in Google Earth, follow this link.