Ærø (Aero) Island

We left Copenhagen on Friday and took the ferry to Æro (Aero). Æerø is a small island in the southern part of Denmark, about nine miles across the water from Germany. We are staying in the village of Ærøskøbing which is cute as a button and just about as big. It has managed to retain its charm in part because the Daniah government prohibits any modern buildings in the town center We spent Saturday morning just wandering around the town before joining our tourgroup for a bus tour around the island.

On our tour we stopped at a farmhouse for a traditional Danish lunch -- smørrebrød. Smørrebrød is an open-faced sandwich with a variety of ingredients from ham, turkey, beef or other local meats to shrimp, sliced boiled eggs or fried fish. To pronounce the word "smørrebrød" like a Dane, try to imitate a person with a head cold and so inebriated that he is slurring his speech. Then imagine you're saying this while trying to get peanut butter off the roof of your mouth. Combine the two and…there, you've got it!

Ærø Coastline