Stevns Klint

We hadn't heard too much about Stevns Klint before deciding to make a trip there.  It's the type of place we would have never made it to without a car.  We were definitely happy to have a car, it's so nice to visit off-road places like this.  Stevns Klint is somewhat similar to the chalk cliffs at Møn.  Only on a smaller scale. It was a nice sunny day in early April, but still pretty cold.  But, I can't tell you how nice it was to get out of the house and into the sun!  We started out by eating lunch and then heading over to the cliffs.  There is an old church there, built probably somewhere around the 14th century.

But, in the early 1900's, the back part of it partially collapsed into the sea due to the cliffs eroding.  The church was so beautiful.  It's not used anymore, but they have made it so you can walk inside and look around.  It's a little scary since the back is flush with this eroding cliff.  But, it was so beautiful!  We then headed down the trail to the beach below.  The trail consisted of a short dirt path and then the stairs from hell.  Seriously, the scariest stairs ever!

It was really just a ladder, but super steep, narrow and long!  Anyway, I was pretty terrified of the kids slipping down the ladder.  We all clung to each other and the ladder and eventually made our way down to the waterside.

We spent a long time just walking around the beach, looking for fossils and sea glass.  It was so fun and relaxing, especially with the sun beating down on us.  We were a little nervous though, watching parts of the cliffs looming above us, flake off and fall down around our feet.  We tried to stay as close to the water as we could.  After making our way back up the scary stairs, we walked around a bit and then loaded up the car to go see the lighthouse down the road.

 We were pretty disappointed to find out that if we'd been there just 30 minutes earlier, we would have been able to climb it, but oh well, next time.  It was such a beautiful view of the Baltic sea.  I find myself continually amazed at how beautiful Denmark is.  It's such a great mixture of natural beauty and old architectural beauty.  I love it!

Lexi is sitting about 3 feet away from the open cliff.  No guardrails, barriers, nothing.  We did stay in this area for very long. 

This is the new church built around 1910.  I thought it was very pretty.