Day 3 - Bicycle to Stege on the Island of Møn

Today is a great day of riding. It starts out overcast and cool but the sun comes out in a couple of hours. I ride the regular bike today and Kathy rides the e-bike. I'm sure the cool temperatures contribute to my good energy level all day. We ride 75 km today. We pass lots of farms, grain fields of some sort, cows and pastoral landscapes. Some of the time we are in woods with filtered sunlight coming through the trees, one of my most favorite environments in which to cycle. You can see from the pictures below some of the landscapes we passed through. Our route today has a few small rolling hills. I like that because it gives relief from having to constantly pedal on the flat. Philipp is our sweep rider and we always enjoy the opportunity to visit with him. 

We pedal south to Præstø Fjord and the small town of Præstø which began as a merchant village in the 14th century. We stop to view the Nysø Mansion which is where Hans Christian Andersen wrote many of his stories. It is now privately owned so you can't go in. In the first half of the 19th century, this was an artist colony. Many artists, writers, painters of all sorts came here to be creative and share in an artist community.

We stop for lunch in Præstø where we have absolutely huge and delicious sandwiches which Denmark is known for. Yummy! 

We cross over Wolf Straight (Ulvsund) on the Queen Alexandrine Bridge to get to the Island of Møn. This beautiful bridge is pictured on the 500 kroner bank note. The island is famous for its natural beauty and sandy beaches as well as the majestic Møns Klint white chalk cliffs. We stop in the charming town of Stege just a few kilometers from the hotel for delicious coffee and chocolate cake. Denmark serves really good coffee!

Our hotel tonight is right on a golf course - Hotel Præstekilde Møn Alps. Our dinner is delicious served by a chatty man who seems to be both chef and overall manager. Before dinner we have a beer tasting led by Philipp. That man knows something about everything I think. We tasted four different beers and he explained the differences and how beer is made.

                          Example of charming farmhouses we passed today.

                                 Our route takes us through beautiful woods like these

                                  We passed through many fields of grain like this one

                                      A typical farm

            Love the way this is pretty busy highway but the cars have to share the lane in the middle

         And there are well marked, smoothly paved bike paths on both sides. 

                   Road sign along the highway with the bike path in the previous picture

                           My delicious sandwich for lunch. Good thing I was hungry!