Faaborg, Fyn - Friday, 29 July

Geoff
Another day, another marina. We got off to a late start but didn't have too far to go. We left Jutland and took the non-motorway route to the island of Fyn (anglicised to Funen). The first town on Fyn was the delightfully named Middelfart (stop that sniggering at the back, boy!). Keeping off motorways means that we travel a little more slowly and can appreciate the countryside more and go through towns and villages. We are discovering independent bakery shops for bread etc., rather than supermarkets and could become addicted to Danish pastries, known generically as Wiener brød, as the idea for them was brought to Denmark from Vienna.

We have ended the day in Faaborg, a town on the south coast of Fyn, with a sizeable marina (space for six camper vans) and a town centre with cobbled streets lined with old cottages, radiating out from the town square. The town square was buzzing at 6pm with people eating outside bars and restaurants.

Faaborg

Amanda
G had an early morning walk, and then we whiled away the morning with a leisurely breakfast and time on the fast internet connection in the comfortable clubhouse before setting off. We have now left Jutland behind -  with some sadness. It has been lovely - and crossed by bridge to the middle bit of Denmark, Funen. The countryside is quite different, very rolling and green, and the villages and towns look more like communities than the predominantly holiday places we saw around the Jutland coast.

We are now in one of six spaces reserved for campervans  in the harbour at Faaborg, on the south coast, where we can look across to the "unmissable and unpronounceable" island of Aeron - this is where I wish that I had followed G's example and discovered a Danish keyboard which includes all their odd vowels. Anyway, we shall be missing out on a trip there - even 11 weeks doesn't allow time for everything!

We have had a wander around the very attractive town. Lots of pretty, brightly coloured alleyways and cobblestones. The weather is still very pleasant, and the town square restaurants were already buzzing with people sitting outside to eat. We also managed to find a stationers where we bought an A4 binder and pockets so that we can rescue the pages of our precious Camperstop book which are already falling out through overuse.

Faaborg

It has been interesting to discover how popular Midsomer Murders is over here. Yesterday a Swedish chap told us how he had been to England and visited "all the important places. Oxford, London and Midsomer Murders country". He was particularly proud of the fact that he had enjoyed a drink in the pub where "Commissaire Barnaby" drank.