Rømø in the rain

Greetings Everyone! Today Joe and I got to go on a road trip, that’s right we had a car and DROVE somewhere, no train, no bike, a cute little tiny car that one of Joe’s co-workers let us borrow this week while he’s on holiday and doesn’t need both of their cars. It was extremely nice and him and some type of treat will be in order to say thank you but in the mean time we get to go places, how exciting!

Our wheels :)

So yesterday I was on a mission to discover where we should go this weekend. We decided that today we would go to the island of Rømø which is in the South Jutland area slightly over an hour from where we are. We packed a picnic lunch, our books and headed to the beach.

The ride was very nice. Again, I got to see just how beautiful Denmark is and it was fun to go on a road trip with Joe. We got to the beach area and of course it was looking cloudy and kind of yucky (so typical Denmark weather). Joe had been smart before we left and suggested bringing coats and an umbrella which was a good call because not only did it look like it was going to rain but it was super windy. We parked the car, got our stuff and headed towards the water.

Reminder, it’s cold and gray and looks as though it’s going to rain any second, this is not your typical beach experience, nevertheless we made the best of it and had a fun adventure. We walked over to the water and got to see a bunch of people wind surfing. That really looked like it could be a lot of fun! I was impressed by how many people were out there! Though this beach is one of the best in Denmark to windsurf so if you’re into that this is the place to be. As we were walking around it started to rain......but we decided to continue the adventure and find a nice spot behind a sand dune and have our picnic lunch. Joe found us a good spot that was shielded from the wind and we sat down to enjoy some lunch (At this point it had stopped raining but still looked threatening). Right by where we were sitting was a big field with cows and sheep and of course all the dunes and grass. It was very pretty. Half way through our lunch it started to rain again and so I got the umbrella out and we ate our lunch under the umbrella. It was actually a lot of fun to be huddled under the umbrella to eat. We finished our lunch and headed back towards the car because we knew the rain wasn’t going to stop.

Windsurfing at the beach

Watching the sand blow in the wind

Joe at the beachI'm so excited to be at the beach!

Picnic under the umbrella :)

In the car we tried to decide what else we might want to do. It was only about 3pm so we didn’t want to head back to Kolding just yet. We tossed around a few ideas and then Joe decided we would head to Middlefart and walk around there for a while. Middlefart is really pretty. We went over a cool bridge and stopped at a cafe and walked around the dock area. It was really cool looking in the water because there were lots of jelly fish in there. I always think its fun to see jellyfish. :) After a little stroll around we headed back to Kolding.

Bridge to Middlefart

A shot of Middlefart by the water

So tomorrow we’re still trying to decide what to do. We thought about going to Nordborg but may wait to do that. We also want to go see Egeskov castle near Odense so we might do that tomorrow if it’s not raining. Either way we have the car until next Sunday so lots of time to do fun things in Denmark!

Love from Amanda