Yes, we do sight-seeing

Historical houses encircle the cathedral.

After nearly 3 weeks on the road we finally have our first sightseeing tour. We choose Ribe the oldest Danish town to explore Danish culture and architecture.

Ribe is located near the East coast, was founded in the 8^th century, and with about 9,000 inhabitants it is the size of Cham. As you can see we try hard to grow our sight-seeing skills, but we are not yet confident enough to go for a large city like Copenhagen. 

Danish ducks in Dutch clogs

We approach the city from a main road and find immediately a no-charge car park that also accepts our little Ronda. The historical centre is nicely decorated and of course a pedestrian zone with cobble stone pavement and lots of craft shops and restaurants. However, there are still many roads with hardly any visitor. We enjoy the quiet moments and try to capture some of the atmosphere with our photos.

 

Glance through the iron entrance onto an inviting terrace.

At the end we stop at a fish monger and try some of the delicious stuff from the catch of the day.

 I hope you haven’t expected me to copy the Wikipedia entry for Ribe. We like to feel a place, and skip the many words of tour guides.

Local people enjoy gardening and decorating their ancient houses.