Blogs from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe - page 4

Holidays! Everybody loves holidays. Since arriving in Rostock four months ago I've been really busy in the office and havent had a real chance to relax, neither has my girlfriend Lisa :-( So we were both excited to get away from the big city and head out for a break at the beach town of Zinnowitz. After arriving at the the small railway station we began making our way towards where we imagined the Hotel to be, referring back to memorized google maps pictures . On our way down what looked like the main street we walking past the shops and restaurants that service the multitudes of hotels and resorts that during the summer months are twice the price and swarming with holiday makers. The hotel we stayed in during out time in Zinnowitz was a ... read more

Happy Australia day :-) As with most Australians I spent the day reflecting on how awesome Australia is and how lucky I am to be a Australian :-) The cold weather here in Rostock didn't stop me having a BBQ and beers out the back. Unfortunately number 1 I was unable to obtain the recipe for Rostocker bratwurst because it a guarded secret. And the beers? well from my understanding you are talking about two different beers (c photo).... both tasted great! Cheers!... read more

This is my first Blog of all time, very happy to share with you some of the sites I've seen around Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Last week we travelled from Rostock to Sassnitz which is about 2 hours by train. I had previously looked at Sassnitz for a nice location to photograph the sunrise over the Baltic Sea. After further research I discovered that there is a U-Boat museum there as well :-D Although images of German u-boats might be popping into your head the submarine on display is actually a British Oberon class sub, H.M.S. Otus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Otus_%28S18%29 The submarine is located just a short walk from the train station so no further transport is required. The temperature on this particular day was dropping close to zero and puddles were still frozen from the night before. But apart ... read more

We started of with rain but it turned out a beautiful sunny day. Through this we had the wrong clothes on and it became very hot later in the day. Going direction Koblenz we saw a lock in the river, that invited us to have a closer look. There were a few ships that had to go through. You need to be a very good skipper the be able to steer those ships through these narrow openings. Continuing our trip we landed at a Benedict Convent, at least that is what it was in earlier days. Now it is a restaurant, Museum and Brewery. The building was interesting and had a chapel from 1084. Driving along the Mosel is such a pleasure. The scenery changes, from the small villages dotted along the river to the vines ... read more

When we returned to our dock we saw that a tall ship was just being positioned by a tug in front of the Prinsendam. Wow!! What a size comparison between the two ships! I went up to the top deck right away to take pictures and had fun observing all the business of this docking chanal. So many different kinds of boats and ships. There is to be a Tall Ship Festival in the near future here in Warnemunde, so this Russian Tall Ship is here for the Festival. This is a friday afternoon so there are lots of people swarming around on the dock and music from the band in a dockside restaurant. Wa Whoo !! the weekend is here! Warnemunde is a major beach resort area for Germans and we can see the crowds ... read more