Day 7-Part 2 (Saturday July 30) Aero Island

A restored medieval home in Aeroskobing. As I said earlier, every attempt is being made to restore these homes. All repairs must be approved by the historical preservation commission. Even the paint must be of the old linseed variety. A door with rotten wood is not replaced; rather the rotten board is replaced with the same wood from an old growth tree.

 An old home needing lots of work, and waiting for repair approval and money. These repairs are not cheap.

We saw a lot of these kind of glass panes.

 They call this little Amalia, in reference to the Queen's summer home. The couple who used to live there would come out in the evening in their Sunday finest and wave to the passing ships and tourists walking along the beach trail.

 The oldest home in Aeroskobing, built around 1580 (we think).

Typical view off the Main Street.

A typical kind of window you might find in Aeroskobing with lots of knick-knacks on display. The black protuberance to the right is called a snooping mirror, which provided the inhabitants with a view of what was going on outside without being seen. Almost every home had the two dogs in one of their windows. Aeroskobing was a sailing town, and the sailors brought this English Staffordshire porcelain back to their wives. The dogs looking out meant that hubby was away, please come visit; looking inwards meant that hubby had just returned from a long voyage, and to come again a different day.

"The Night Watchman" in Torgut Square. Up until a few hundred years ago, a night watchman would walk the streets at night, singing a song every hour to announce the time. This gentleman gave us a great tour in the evening, singing a traditional song at 9:00pm to start the tour, and then again at 10:00 pm to end the tour. Our night watchman is a retired SAS pilot now employed by the tourist bureau.

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