Day 5: 7/31: Mols Bjerge --> Aarhus

 After some debate the previous night, we decided to skip a run and sleep in a bit before setting off on the final leg of the bike journey. I had mapped out a nice route, but I think it was a good call to get some more sleep and rest the legs. Biking has been a lot of work! We enjoyed a 2nd consecutive traditional Danish breakfast from our host which was again absolutely amazing. They offer so many different things: 3-4 different breads, 3-4 different vegetables, an egg, a couple types of cheese, coffee, juice, yogurt, a few types of fruit. It's hard to even decide what to focus on and certainly not possible to finish it all. We chatted with our host some. He was older, an artist, and somewhat quirky; although you never know how much the language barrier plays into it. The place in general was great though. It was a room with a loft above it set back off the main drag a few blocks on a gravel road in the thick of woods. 

     Mols Bjerge National Park we just ended up scraping the surface on. Tons of trails and expansive acreage, we'd need to come back here to thoroughly enjoy it. As it was, we biked out of town and got to see a little more of the park along the way. We pit-stopped at Kalo Slotsruin: A castle ruin from the 1300s(?). It was a half mile walk out along a causeway and a good view from the castle.

     The bike trail wound around the coast, intermittently turning into a gravel lane again before re-entering a bike path or town again. Rolling hills still which were not large by any means, but strenuous enough on tired legs. Stopped for a coffee and some pastries at the Gartner Garden before rolling right into the center of Aarhus.

     Aarhus we also didn't have enough time in. It looked and felt like a really cool city. There's a big cathedral at the center of it (supposedly the largest in Scandinavia) and the classic meandering cobblestone streets. We spent half an hour at the Viking Museum at the center of town (pretty small, but also cheap) and then spent a bit of time at the modern art museum (ARoS). There is a fantastic exhibit at the very top with glass colored different spectrums of the rainbow as you walk around in a circle and get a 360 degree view of the city. One of the other highlights was "Boy" - a 4.5 meter tall replica of a boy in the crouched position whose mood seems to change depend on what angle you view him at. A lot of the other exhibits were interesting, but I'm honestly not well-versed enough to get a lot out of them. I still look at a superficial level and move on. There was a "nature" exhibit with a lot of realistic landscape drawings which were amazing to take in as well.

     We did an earlyish dinner at the Aarhus food hall which was another food truck-type venue with limitless choices from all over the world. I ended up with a Jamaican Jerk meat combo and Kate had a Bahn Mi bowl. Probably not the food highlight of the trip, but it was a good meal.

     Caught the 5:15 train back to Copenhagen, which was packed with people on the move. I always wonder how in such a small country there are so many people moving around at any given time. I recognize it's more compact, so I guess in the end there's simply less roads/trains available so you see a larger proportion of people on the move in the country at any given time.

     We debated an evening snack/meal when we returned, but ended up snacking on some of the food we still had at the airbnb and then finished up the night with a Neflix show (still the Last Kingdom to keep on theme with the trip).