Baltic Coast 2

lifting bridge

It IS rocket science!

rocket museum in power station at Peenemunde

me on the longest pier

crowded beach with in-sea advertising!

horse and cart in ex-east Germany

behind the pizza restaurant under the apple tree

scarecrow

German pizzas - better than Italian!!

wooden boats at 'museum'

lots of these markets have stalls devoted to sweets/lollies

I really liked this little town...

...Malcolm really liked the cake!



 

rocket man!

Baltic Coast 2

The photos are out of chronological order because they are numbered -Malcolm's first, then mine and blogger doesn't let me put them in my order.  We don't have time to go through and name them so they have to be out of order!

Yesterday we went to Greifswald.  We found out it was Saturday because the tourist info wasn't open (until 10.00)- so Happy Birthday Janet!  This small town was by the coast on a river and had an open air wooden boat 'museum' of moored boats.  The tomn had an impressive square with interesting buildings.  We visited 2 churches and a cafe.  Malcolm's eyes fell upon a huge German 'Danish/cake which he had to have!  Then we drove to where the river met the sea with a lifting bridge and some fisherman's cottages.

Next we went to Usedom Island,one side of which is in Poland.  We went to Peenemunde where rockets were developed.  Malcolm was very, very, very interested in this museum.  In the afternoon we drove along the seaward side of the island, stopping at the resort of Heringsdorf which has the longest pier in mainland Europe.  There are 3 resorts joined by 10kms of promenade - all full of Germans having fun. 

Finding a camp site is not easy in Germany.  The tent sign will point off the road and after about 10kms you realise you've missed it.  The night before we had several abortive loops off the road and spent some time puzzling over maps they provide in villages before chancing upon one. Same thing here but finally we arrived at a tiny village called Lassan on the mainland facing the lagoon.  Usedom Island with its hordes was across the water, we were alone in a field behind a row of thatched buildings, one (the camp owners) was a pizza restaurant.  We strolled around the village in the evening (in a lane behind an old row of cottages the people had fenced back yards with geese, sheep, chickens etc.  -This was presumably the former East Germany - we had also seen horses and carts on the roads and in the fields).  There was a small boat harbour.  Then we went back and had pizza.  I don't like pizza but this one was good, thick crust, not much tomato sauce and the cheese baked crusty!  We also had big glasses of wine.  I am so not used to drinking that I had to pretty much go straight to bed then - 8.30!!