An Ærø-Dynamic Bike Ride

Cycling back lane Ærø Island, I came to church a little lonely. Wandering through the cemetery, I see the name on every tombstone ending in "cents." Inscriptions, such as "this is where Christian Hansen is anchored with his wife, he will not weigh until he stands before God" seems to match the salty charm of a small island on the southern side of Denmark. Ærø is a type of island where a basket of strawberries sitting in front of farmhouses-sold on a system of honor. And the bike is not equipped with a key.

Æø statistic: It's 22 by 6 miles, with 7,000 residents, 350 deer, seven shepherds, no crossings, three police officers, and pervades the passion for the environment [Info Wisata Jogja]. Pedaling against the steady wind, I passed a sleek modern windmill working hard. Together with the windmill, Ærø owns one of the largest solar power plants in the world.

18-mile travel laces together the best of Ærø's charm. Leaving my homebase, the town aboard the bottle Ærøskøbing, I saw first of many U-shaped farmhouses, so typical of Denmark. Three sides of the wind block and save cows, straw, and people [tempat wisata di jogja]. I bike along a dike built in the 19th century to make a paad so. While the soil is weak both for straw and little else, they get most of it. Every winter the locals flood their land to let salt water fertilize the soil and grass, in the belief that this causes the cow to produce meaty milk and meat. Fought my way up the 2,700-inch-high peak of the island - the so-called "peak" called Synneshøj (sounds like "It seems high", and after this pedal, it is).

Each city has a good 12th century church. The interior is still painted like the Gothic Church would've been. Long sticks by offering bags are equipped with a Bel ting-a-ling to wake them up to the shoulder. Small ships hanging in the nave are probably a warning to lost sailors. The Danish word for nave is the same as his pledge for the ship. Portraits of Martin Luther Hang at the stern keep his Protestant hands on the wheel. A long list of adjacent chapters allows today to trace its pastoral genealogy back to Luther's own physician. The current priest, Janet, is the first woman on the list.

Rolling away, I see how the city is in the gutter. Imagine pirates, centuries ago, trolling along the coast looking for church spiers marking unfortified villages. Ærø's 16 villages are not all visible from the sea - church spiers are designed to be not to be seen from sea level.

A path leads downhill, dead-ending on a precipitous cliff called Vodrup Klint. If I were a Gentile, I would worship here-the sea, the wind, and the horrible sight. Steps of soil in sloppy sheets into the ocean. The giant terrace is a clear reminder that when saturated with water, the clay sheets that form the soil here get slippery, and the whole piece can slip and slide.

While the wind above can drag the kite-leaflets, the beach below is ideal for sunbathing. I can not see Germany, which is directly opposite the water, but I see a big stone commemorating the return of the island to Denmark from Germany in 1750.

As they did throughout Europe, the Church marked the pre-Christian holy sites. In a field adjacent to the next church, stands Langdyssen Tingstedet - a 6,000 year dolmen. This is where the early Neolithic burial. While Ærø once had over 200 these prehistoric tombs, only 13 survived.

The name "Tingstedet" indicates that this is a gathering of Viking spots. Site evokes scenes a thousand years ago Viking heads represent the various community islands gathered here around their ancestral graves. This site lifts the shape and long mound (30 yards) of the Viking ship.

I roll back to my home town Ærøskøbing. The sun went down, so I rolled right through to the beach sunset- where the row of small huts line strand and where each locale enjoys the first kiss. The lodges are little more than picnic tables with walls and roofs-each with love painted and carved - stained with generations of families, sunsets and memories of herring pickles on whole wheat bread. This is the perfect Danish scene where the small is beautiful, sustainability is just a common sense and a word favorite, hyggelig, bringing it comfortably to the unknown extremes.