Egeskov Castle

The next day we were both feeling better. We had one day left on our Eurail pass and Yanmei wanted to get out of the city, which she feels is similar to many other European cities we've visited. Initially we considered going to Ystad, the village in Sweden that my brother Chris recommended. However Yanmei did some research and decided Egeskov Castle in Denmark would be a good choice. According to their website the closest train station is Kværndrup and you can walk to the castle from there. The hotel reception recommended we take a bus, but I didn't want to do that, so we took the train.

We had to change trains in Odense before a short final ride to Kværndrup. It turns out Kværndrup is a hamlet, I'm surprised the train even stops there, probably only because of the castle. I thought there would be other people going there, but the one other person to get off got a bike locked at the station and rode off. There was no trail or anything to the castle, just a highway. I don't really consider this walkable like their website indicated. I wanted to wait for the bus, but Yanmei thought we should try walking. Google maps said it was a 30 minute walk, so we set off across the Danish countryside.

Every so often the was a sign so we knew we weren't lost.

It really did only take us about 30 minutes and the weather was great so it was a pretty nice walk.

The castle was more like a park or complex, they had more than just the castle. Actually I thought they did a great job with the place, they obviously made an effort to have something interesting in every room, and they had several other attractions on the castle grounds.

First we had lunch. While I was getting the food Yanmei put her bag down on the table and logged into the local wifi with her phone. While she was browsing she didn't realize she'd set her bag on a candle and it caught fire. Luckily she put it out quickly. I came back to a funny scene at the table.

After lunch we headed to the castle itself.