Excelsior Hotel Lübeck

... out, it was shallow enough that people were walking ankle-deep in water (like when our lake at the cottage was low that one year) but yet, just a short distance beyond that was a channel that was deep enough for big barges, etc. and we saw a cruise ship passing by.

And, of course, the main attraction was the submarine. It was right on shore and you could walk through it. (Okay I know nothing about submarines, Pete ...

... the usual Stuttgart and Aachen was a good show with Stuttgart coming out on top once again. On Sunday we had a bit of free time in the morning due to a late game start and a few of us drove around and found the beach with some nice views of the Baltic Sea.
All in all, we didn't win so many of the games and finished 14th, a bit below what we were seeded. Maybe next weekend will fare better....

Wacköön wir kommen !!

Ein kleiner Ausflug muss noch sein, bevor es dann schlussendlich los geht einmal rund um unsre kleine blau Kugel

Das wird der Hammer. "Heut" (28.7) Abend gehts los mim Bus gen Norden.

Bilder und Berichte folgen wenn wir zurück sind, vielleicht.

Monday 15th June. Leaving Berlin area we headed northeast up through the countryside and went on the hunt for the internationally renowned STEIN DINSE, what you don't know them, well sufficed to say if you rode a Guzzi you would. We then went mouse hunting to a town called Hamlyn famous for the legend of the pied piper of Hamlyn. We stopped here for 2 hours and wandered about ...

... The clearing up didn't last long. I decided to stop before reaching Bremen for a few reasons. The first was that I have arranged a few places to couch surf on but nobody could accommodate me tonight. So those are my plans for Bremen the next couple of nights. I also knew that it would be a very long day of driving if I went all the way to Bremen after my beach detour. I had found a hostel in Bremen I could have stayed at tonight. I had ...

... by the heaviest rain I have ever encountered. Caravans and cars were rocking, one Dutch family lost their awning, and everything was soaked. Fortunately we remained dry and cosy inside and no damage was done. Next day was rainy so we put off our trip to Hamburg until Saturday, which was fine and not too hot for sightseeing. We took the train from Bad Segeberg, changing at Bad Oldesloe. It took ...

... watching in the early mornings! Rachel and Mike slept next door at the neighbours' downstairs room while Tom & I slept downstairs in Jutta's home office on a very comfortable sofa bed. With the accommodation sorted we proceeded to have a lovely tea party in the back yard & the kids played croquet & soccer on the lawn. Then Tom and Peter did a bit of bike riding with Rachel on roller skates around a ...

... to Rendsburg-Eckernförde). The town of Bordesholm developed around 1330, when the abbey of Neumünster (founded in 1127 by Bishop Vizelin) was moved to an island in the Bordesholm lake. Thereafter, a village grew up at the shore of the lake, likely providing services to the abbey. Because of the abbey Bordesholm became the cultural and economic center of the duchy of Holstein (nowadays Schleswig-Holstein) region between ...

... nur aus Kirchen, überall Kirchen und nicht so kleine Dinger, sondern richtig Große :-D Auch hier haben wir eine lustige Bootsrundfahrt gemacht, am Abend haben wir dann lecker gegessen. Für alle die irgendwann mal reisen und Hotels brauchen: Nichts geht über hrs.de. Im Schnitt haben wir ca. 20 € pro Nacht gespart und oft noch Bonussachen wir Getränke, kostenlose Parkplätze und WLAN bekommen!

The Kiel Canal links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. It starts from the River Elbe and reaches the Baltic near the port of Kiel about 60 miles. The canal was only about 300 feet wide and only 37 feet deep and is spanned by 7 high bridges. The transit time was about 8 hours as we were going slow.