Friday morning we rode into town and stopped at a bakery that was open for fresh rolls and hot chocolate for breakfast. We had our first realization that English was not going to be as common here, but we were able to communicate.
We made our way out towards Svaneke using the cycle trail that took us away from the roads past a golf course, through stands of trees, across some farm roads, and into the forest. We had a nice morning break among the trees at a spot with a picnic table. We followed the path until it came to an end at a gravel road on the edge of the forest. This was a bit confusing and not shown on our map. The sign indicating a 10% grade worried the kids, but no hill is so big it can't be walked! When we came out to a paved road and were lucky to find a friendly driver who directed us back toward a known main road.
We stopped again where the road and bike path merged and enjoyed a nice playground. Back on our cycle path we encountered a tractor clearing fallen trees. He politely made way for us and we rode farther. After so many stops we decided to make things easier for ourselves and returned to the main road to ride from Almindingen to Svaneke.
We stopped in Østermarie and had a comfortable picnic on our blanket in a spacious grassy park near the church. After lunch we rode on rolling hills past a the famous water tower (famous to us because it is on a 20kr piece) and into Svaneke, our destination for the day. We stopped to get oriented in the town square and discovered we were at the candy factory!
We watched them making the candy right there,
including free samples of the still warm candy.
The hostel was great and within walking distance to a lighthouse
and a swimming area.
We ate at the only brewery on Bornholm and tried 40dL of the local beer. The meal was excellent, although the number of vegetarian options in all the places we looked at were slim. Later we made a conscious decision that on this trip we would eat some fish, and that broadened our options considerably.
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