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The fact that its Friday the 13th could explain why I encountered some strange happenings today. The day started with the familiar routine, waking up, getting coffee, north korean missile test, facebook. Something seemed different this day. Ah....friday the 13th..oowww....better stay in and hide my head told me, dont take any risk the voices said. Fortunately I tend to ignore them, so I set out once more into the wild yonder of Mecklenburg Vorpommern! I'm brave but not stupid so I only ventured close to Rostock and Güstrow seemed like a fair challenge. There would be more than enough time for a final destination scenario to unfold between leaving the front door and returning. I would have to walk...outside, ride on public transport multiple times and navigate through unfamiliar city streets to take photos of objects ... read more

One more small Blog to finish of the Karl's Strawberry Land. Over a period of 2 months Karls had an ice sculpture exhibition which drew crowds into a -10 degree building with a large number of perfectly sculptured pieces based on the theme of a circus. This was the first time I had seen any ice sculptures so I was pretty impressed. The cold got to me in the end, after leaving it look some time before I could feel my fingers again. One of the highlights was drinking some shots at the ice bar, Strawberry liquor of course! All served in ice shot glasses which were eaten afterwards. After getting sloshed at the ice bar you could have a go at the ice slide, we worked out quickly that denim jeans don't slide very well ... read more

Guten Tag :-) I will try to get one blog out a week, I'm not the biggest writer in the world and unless I go out and do something there isn't really much to write about anyway. So that was the problem I was faced with early in the week, where to go? Where is my next blog going to make famous? I searched Google. I always try to stay in Mecklenburg Vorpommern because the train tickets fall into a specific price range. North? Well actually I just recognised I have never blogged about Rostock....ops. Well I do that one next week. West? Well there is only really Wismar. East has been blogged to death! So south it was.... and where exactly?? Schwerin, the capital of M.V. (Mecklenburg Vorpommern) and home the MV parliament which as ... read more

Peenemunde! Firstly I must be honest and say that we really only intended to visit Peenemunde because of the submarine, and thus we didn't really spend much time looking anywhere else... but there wasn't really that much else to see either! If you like military stuff then you should visit and read on. If you don't then I don't see any attractions for you and I would recommend skipping this blog and waiting for my next one on Zinnowitz, which without giving too much away is just amazing! We arrived at Peenemunde at around noon on Monday and made our way down to the submarine. As everyone may be aware there had been freezing temperature around Europe due to cold air coming from somewhere really cold, so it was no surprise to see the U461 encased ... read more

So this blog is dedicated to a fan who contacted me via FB and wanted a update on my situation here in Rostock. I will call this dedicated fan Number1. But let’s keep it friendly I don't have time for stalkers okay? I woke up today to the coldest temperature I have experienced yet in Rostock or the whole of Mecklenburg Vorpommern! My trusty weather station Wally was showing 2.8 degrees BELOW zero. To some that might not be very cold but to a Aussie who grew up in the Northern Territory it's extreme. Grabbing the Cannon 60D I took the opportunity to record some of the condition that were present in the back yard. Since being in Rostock I have only seen real snow once so it's a shame there isn't any at the moment ... read more