Loop-de-Loop – May 19, 2023

  • Copenhagen: Tivoli
  • Weather: 50 degrees

The laughter level was equally loud at the kiddy and the dare-devil rides. Having finished my once-over walk through Tivoli I chose my one ride, the loop-de-loop roller coaster! Yes, they still use a measuring stick to make sure you’re tall enough to safely ride. My memories of being too short to ride roller coasters as a child are still raw.

Roller Coster inside orange circle.
Roller Coaster car inverted inside orange circle .
Roller Coasters car gaining speed.
Roller Coaster loop-de-loop.

All 8 Trails – May 19, 2023

  • Møn: Day 8
  • Distance: 12 miles / Total 104.5 miles / 20 km
  • Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
  • Ascent: 578’ Decent: 679’
  • Weather: 51 degrees 4 mph blue sky with white clouds

Møn Camino is 108 miles long and I logging 104.5 miles. I came close to walking all of it with the addition of Anna’s favorite walks. Compressed my walk looked like this…

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5 Looks confusing? Imagine executing it.
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8

Finish! – May 19, 2023

  • Møn: Day 8
  • Distance: 12 miles / Total 104.5 miles / 20 km
  • Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
  • Ascent: 578’ Decent: 679’
  • Weather: 51 degrees 4 mph blue sky with white clouds

So ends one of the most scenic and peaceful walks I have experienced. Nature and the locals of Møn far exceeded my expectations.

Last walk by the water.
Strolling through Rapeseed and Queen Anne’s Lace.
Tulips
Sømarke Dolmen burial mound from Neolithic Period, 3400BC. It’s an impressive finish line.

Elmelunde Church – May 18, 2023

  • Møn: Day 7
  • Distance: 12 miles / Total 92.5 miles / 20 km
  • Time: 7 hours
  • Ascent: ???’ Decent: ???’
  • Weather: 51 degrees 4 mph blue sky with white clouds

Elmelunde Church dates back to 1085. Its frescoes were covered by layer after layer of limewash during the Reformation. This tall church can be seen from miles away and was used as a landmark by sailors in the Baltic Sea.

Elmelunde Church
Biblical Fresco
Elmelunde Church
The suspended ship signifies the role of the church as a refuge from life‘s great storms. For Abbey.
The church can be seen from miles away and was a landmark for sailors on the Baltic Sea

Mesmerizing – May 18, 2023

  • Møn: Day 7
  • Distance: 12 miles / Total 92.5 miles / 20 km
  • Time: 7 hours
  • Ascent: ???’ Decent: ???’ Weather: 51
  • degrees 4 mph blue sky with white clouds

This charming pond has miniature floating homes. Anchored to the bottom, the homes slowly revolve with each gentle breeze. Mesmerizing.

Peaceful
One revolution. I could watch this for hours.
Just wait and a breeze will spin the home.

Nyord Island – May 17, 2023

  • Møn: Day 6
  • Distance: 11.2 miles / Total 80.5 miles / 18 km
  • Time: 8 hours
  • Ascent: 440’ Decent: 485’
  • Weather: 53 degrees 23 mph wind / overcast with patchy sun in afternoon

America doesn’t have villages with homes cluster around a church and outside the cluster of homes miles and miles of open fields. Nyord is such a idealic place. Locals tell me they receive 300,000 tourists annually. Yikes.

Nyord Church dates back to 1846.
Nyord Church. Notice the ship hung from the ceiling.
Ships hung from the ceilings signify the role of the church as refuge from life storms.
Nyord Church windows.