To travel is to live

The title of this blog post is from Hans Christian Andersen. Why a quote from him, you may well wonder. Well, apart from the fact that we quite subscribe to the thought behind it, we went to HCA's birthplace on Tuesday. We spent four nights in Kerteminde. The wind remained stronger than we (and most other boats) liked, and Kerteminde is not a bad place to wait for a few days. For one, it is half an hour by bus from Odense, which is where Hans Christian Andersen was born. So we went there and visited the museum that is in his birth house. Many of this sort of museums can be quite boring, but this one is very well done. HCA was an avid traveller and the quote, with an explanation, was displayed there. Here is HCA himself:





During our Kerteminde stay, Lyn also had the opportunity to catch up on some work.
This morning, the weather was a bit better and the 'musical boats' circus started: everyone leaves port and tries to get to the next harbour in time to get a good berth. As there are so many harbours, you seldom end up with the same people, although it does happen sometimes that you meet up with a boat you saw a few days earlier.

We are now on Agersø, an island just North of Omø (see the 'washing powder post' a few weeks ago). Another nice, laid back, small island. And, although the peak season is coming to an end, the harbour is full. We try to get to our destination before 2 pm in order to get a good spot and so far this has worked.

This is Agersø:





Tomorrow, the plan is to go to Femø, that will be the first time we revisit a harbour. But it's nice there and it is on our way to the Guldborg Sund, the narrow water between Lolland and Falster. That should be almost like motoring down a canal. Femø should be our last small island. After that, two more Danish stops before we cross back to Germany.