We travelled to Ringkøbing and took a camping hut outside of town. It was nice and we found a place there that sold grilled whole chickens (turned on a spit). It was run by Indians and the restaurant happened to be having a special sale that day—Order chicken online and get a 30% of the price. We spoke to the owner and pointed out that we couldn’t read Danish, but asked him if we could have the special price anyway. He refused but said that he would order it for us online with his personal iPhone. How remarkable is that! That chicken was delicious, absolutely delicious….and the price cut only served to enhance the flavor, I reckon. Here is our hut in the Ringkøbing Camping: Following the Marguerite Route took us to out-of-the way places and once we needed to take a ferry from one bit of land to the other, and the route lead us to this ferry crossing. Perhaps you can tell by the foto that the service was not operating. This meant an hour and a half drive around to pick the route up again. I looked around and found a tourist info box with pamphlets of sites near-by. The date on the pamphlets was 2011. We took many, many small ferries when we travelled the coastal route, but this was the only time that we encountered a suspended service. Here is a ferry that WAS in service: Ach well—it is all part and parcel of the adventure. One plus was that I saw a nice foto opportunity in the cosy little harbor: Well, time was going by and we had had pretty good weather most of the time, but it was time to leave the peninsula. First though, it was late afternoon and we needed a hut to sleep in. We found this one. It looked beautiful, but it was a case of what we call, “van boven bont van onder stront”—That is to say, it looks really fancy, but things didn’t work and there was no electricity. We took the place with the stipulation that the man would hook-up the electricity. He did that, but at 23.00 it went off again. Tch. No matter, we had to get up early the next day and slowly head in the direction of Hirtshals where we would cross the sea. We have been to one end of the rainbow, now to find the other one. I have to hurry up now, I do not want to miss the ferry!
I've really enjoyed seeing both sets of your photographs Sjoerd. It's given me a whole new outlook on Denmark. When we were there (albeit a different part altogether) everything was closed and we found it difficult to even get a meal anywhere. I'm glad your trip is proving to be so much better than ours was. The beaches are amazingly beautiful and Møgeltønder is a wonderful looking village with its thatched rooves and pretty exteriors. I suppose you could call our village a 'monument' village too as all the cottages on the Main street (where we live) have preservation orders on them. It's good to know that the Danes have beehives that are producing lots of honey. Have you been able to talk to any beekeepers on your travels?
EILEEN--Thanks for your nice words. I was surprised to hear of your experiences in Denmark. We were there perhaps twenty years ago and spent the month of july. We travelled throughout the entire country including many islands in the east. I never noticed that there weren't many places to eat then, but then when we travel, we bring our own food and buy it in the farmers' markets or supermarkets and prepare it ourselves. We did that this time as well, as the campgrounds have complete kitchens with utensils and all. Some of the huts had sinks and hotplates to cook on as well. I was not able to speak with any imkers about beekeeping or their honey. Pity. You are welcome, DONNA.--it is so nice that the trip had such a good effect on you.
