Monthly Archives: July 2016
Neubrandenburg, City of Four Gates
Today we decided to drive to Neubrandenburg, about 100 kms south. Number one attraction is the completely intact medieval wall, and the four city gates. Another plus was that we could take the A20 autobahn and finally get onto dual carriageway! We quickly learned autobahn etiquette – stay to the right unless you are overtaking. […]
Peenemunde and Poland
Peenemunde is a small seaside town on Usedom Island, about 90 kms southeast of Stralsund. The name means “river mouth”. Its claim to fame, and reason for our visit, is its role in the development of modern rocketry, in particular the V1 and V2 rockets. The Army Research Center was founded in 1937 as a […]
Rugen Island (Oh, and Finally – The BMW)
Ian cooked up a delicious dinner of Rostwurst sausage, a local specialty. They are white pork, but turn red-brown when cooked and have a slightly tangy flavour. We discovered a very convenient shopping mall with a large Citti supermarket – it has an entire shelf of GF stuff, and the best range of fruit and […]
Birthday
At my advanced age, most birthdays slip by unremarked, unless they end in a 5 or 0 and you get to move up and age group. I spent my 50th in Byron Bay, but the last time I was so far from home was 1997. We were cycling across the US, and found ourselves in […]
Oh We Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside
Somehow we whiled away half the morning on nothing in particular – though I did have to come to grips with the peculiarities of the washing machine without my washing buddy Ilze (where are you when I need you!!) The Old Town of Stralsund was only a short drive away, and we set off late […]
Auf Wiedersehn Hamburg, Guten Tag Stralsund
It’s been a good day. We had an early start, and were out on the street by 10am, suitcases packed and ready to face the hike to the station. Cobbled streets are quaint, but they are not your friend when rolling a suitcase. However after all our practice with the train system, we were experts, […]
Wunderland
We’d saved a couple of things for a rainy day – but we haven’t had one so far. The first destination was the Emigration Museum (Ballinstadt), followed by a mandatory visit to Hamburg’s no 1 tourist attraction and Hobbsy recommendation, Miniatur Wunderland. Both could potentially occupy many hours. We coped with a replacement bus service […]
Indecency
“Can you get a decent hamburger in Hamburg?” asked Pete. Well we did have beef burgers last night. But this morning we almost saw an indecent Hamburger. Our street is very narrow and everyone parks wherever they can find room. Between 4pm and 7am it’s a free for all, but after 7am there are restrictions. […]
Livin’ La Vida Local
German weather forecasting is a dark art, clearly not yet mastered by the meteorological people. Today was meant to be raining, with possible thunderstorms. Instead it was blue skies with some innocuous clouds, and a temperature that topped out at 30 degrees. Plan A was to visit indoor venues, but instead we leapt straight into […]
Exploring Altona
As planned, we took our time this morning, unpacking and rearranging the furniture. It was early afternoon before we ventured out to the local ReWe supermarket (the largest one in the area) and began shopping. But without Translate software working (we aren’t on a local data plan yet) we had to guess at the food […]
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