Faxe Kalkbrud & Rødvig

Today was a great day, but phew I am tired! We got up and packed up and it was drizzling while we were loading the car so glad that was today and not the prior days! We once again drove through lots of rain, but eventually it cleared up and we were good to go. When we were driving through Sweden after our Norway adventures last time we had tried this day food chain, Max Burger, which had a lot of vegan options and was really good! When planning the trip I saw there was one here and it would be perfect timing for lunch on the way to our next stop so we stopped for lunch today. It was just as good as I had remembered! Super healthy lunch ;)

Then it was off to our stop for the day - Faxe Limestone Quarry! It is an active quarry during the week, but no one was working today. You can rent a hammer and chisel and break rocks apart looking for fossils! And boy was it fun! The rocks were super hard to break apart and after a while I gave up on that and just looked at the pieces on the ground and found so much fun stuff!! I brought back way too many pieces with coral fossils in (there were a few shells also), but they were so cool!! They were all over the place.

We did see one “pro” lady when we got there that was leaving and one kid when we were leaving that had good chisels and hammers and that probably helped a lot. Our chisels were very dull and flat and a lot of work. But we got there about 1:30 and we were wandering and some dark clouds kept rolling through and drizzling for a few min just enough to get slightly damp and then moving on which was nice as it was hot so it cooled us off. But glad it wasn’t pouring on us! We were wandering around seeing what we could find and suddenly I realized it was almost 4!! We had been breaking rocks apart for almost 2.5 hours!! I was like man, no wonder I am tired!

So then we headed on to our overnight stay - Rødvig. We are staying in the house you can see by the harbor! There is a patio up a bit that you can watch everything from which is great! We had gotten a message from the owners that they gave a corgi pup that likes to greet new people, but if we don’t like pups just let them know so they will keep them away, but I was like yes!! Pups!! Well we got moved in and no pups :( but then I went to check out the higher patio and pups came running! He was so silly and full of energy! We also found that there are two large drawers full of nerf guns in the house! We are prepared!

After dinner we took a short walk around town (it super small) and spied on the beaches. The first one was super smelly so we didn’t stay long. Then through town the other way spying on the cafes (I did find some ice cream I will have to try!) and the start of the Stevns Klint (cliff) trail! We saw the one kiln they used to use to heat treat flint. Tomorrow we will walk along the cliffs as far as we can and see what we can see (they are in the last photo)! And maybe find more fossils!Read more