Anne and I decided to spend last Sunday of this summer on Ærø. When we met early morning in my flying club in Holbæk, the weather seemed to be marginal: there were walls of towering cumulus, mist and shower rain. But it was going to get better, and whilst we waited, we used our time productively by doing work sparring and coaching. After a couple of hours we took off:
Flying to Ærø is easy; the flight is around 1 hour:
We adored all those beautiful clouds we flew by:
The town of Ærøskøbing from air. We were going to spend our Sunday there:
Anne in front of the terminal:
We met only German pilots on Ærø that day:
Anne and I took the bikes, and biked 7 km to Ærøskøbing via a nice bicycle path by the sea:
We stopped to take pictures and to enjoy wild blackberries that were in abundance along the path:
When on Ærø, I normally go to Ærøskøbing. I love its old charming houses:
Ærøskøbing harbour, and the smoke house where we had our lunch:
Anne is reading for me the inscription on the rock:
Ærøskøbing marina:
Colourful bathhouses by Vestre Beach:
Back to the town… Everything was closing down for the season, and we reached to buy the very last ice-cream on the main square. A stroll through the cobblestoned streets of Ærøskøbing:
It was a warm and sunny day, +20C, and it was so nice to spend it outside.
In the evening, we headed back home:
Flying by Svendborg, a city of the southern Funen:
And a dramatic sunset in Holbæk to finish the day with:
