Warnemuende and Rostock, Germany

September 5,

Warnemuende 

Warnemuende and Rostock. We land at the port of Rostock in Germany formerly in East Germany. We chose to tour the local area rather than the 12 plus hour tour to Berlin. We first visit the charming resort town of Warnemuende and luckily is was morning on weekdays and after the high tourist season. It was very relaxing and we were able to practice our hyge that we had learned the day before. Sunny pleasant and very low key.

Rostock

We then head to Rostock and our guide also a native of the area was very informative. We visit the gothic Saint Marien Church which was built as a catholic church but became lutheran after the reformation. It contains the 1472 astronomical clock and the only one with all its original parts. We stroll through the touw and see the restored merchant house and end at the main square where the university is and some of the original medieval wall. We finish by getting a local fish sandwich, Fischbrotchen, then coffee al fresco, when the rain started. Not to worry we all huddled under the cafe’s umbrella, the rain stopped and we were off back to the ship.

Fischbrotchen

We had some down time, taking tea at 4 pm and thinking about the fun we had in an unknown area to us. We ate dinner in the main dining room again with some shrimp, lobster bisque, risotto and osso bucco. We listen to a little piano music and it's off to bed.