16 june 2024
Travel log
We left Billund for Blokhus in the northern part of Denmark. Our plan was to stop on the way to visit Aarhus - a plan that got almost foiled by the fact that we couldn't seem to reach the city center. Mystery solved: today was Aarhus semi-marathon :facepalm:
After some difficulty, we finally found a parking spot - the silver lining is that it made us go through the cemetery, which was a lovely place: not too dense, very well maintained, a lot of greenery.
We then went for a small walk along the docks and in the city center - which was nice, but nothing struck me as particularly notable. Well, the cathedral was impressive (and apparently it's the longest and highest one of the country), but we didn't even get to visit is as it was closed.
Back on the road, and we arrived in Blokhus in the middle of the afternoon. We checked in at the hotel, and went for a pastry as a snack and for a long walk on the beach (there's a reason why they're popular). Well, not that long, because my body is kind of complaining a lot that I make it walk too much these days! (Ow.)
I was Not Impressed by the amount of cars and campers on the beach, it was clearly designed that way but I disagree with this decision, there :) Apart from that we watched the waves. It was nice.
Coming back to the hotel, we sat for a while on a bench in the city square - and came back as the weather seemed to take a turn for the worse (which it didn't.)
Had dinner at the hotel's restaurant - we shared a starter of smoked tuna, then grilled turbot with asparagus, potatoes, shrimp and broccolini, and finally a rhubarb trifle. Also had a glass of Coteaux du Layon with dessert - I don't remember last time I had that wine (a long time ago for sure) but it was nice. Also had a very large fit of laughter (tears in my eyes and abs hurting!) at a joke Pierre made on the spot, which was a definite highlight.
We considered going on the beach for the sunset, but there's a thunderstorm!! So we're going to stay inside instead.