Bovbjerg Fyr

This week we don't have school because we have a "winter holiday." My host family rented a summerhouse on the West Coast of Denmark, in a town called Lemvig. It's about a two hour drive from Mørke.

The summer house was in a neighborhood of other vacation homes, and it was really nice. I was able to have my own room, and it was very comfortable. There was a wood burning stove that kept it very warm and cozy. :)

The first day we were at the summer house we went to a place called Bovbjerg Fyr, which is a lighthouse that stands on the coast of Denmark. It was built in 1877, and is now used as an open art gallery and has a small café. You can still go up the to the tower and look out over the ocean. It was very windy the day we went, but it was so beautiful.

Opposite the lighthouse was the coast. There was a giant chain of wooden stairs that went down the cliffs (that were shaped in the Ice Age!) on the beach. (I think there were 240 steps, we counted on the way back up but now I can't remember the exact number...)

It was so beautiful on the beach; there was snow mixed with the sand, and the waves were much larger than I was expecting. There were little strands built out into the ocean to break the waves from hitting the shore. It was one of the most beautiful places I've been since coming to Denmark.

It was very cold, so after going on the beach we went up and got some hot chocolate in the café at the lighthouse. Thank you to my host family for bringing me to such a beautiful place.

I would also like to say thank you to Eva Horowitz for donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you so much for your donation, you made this trip a possibility for me, and I'm so grateful for that:)

Danish Word of the Day:

Ferie- vacation