24 May pt2
After naptime, Caroline made a delicious Japanese style curry with potatoes and carrots and onions and beef over rice. So good! She's got goodie boxes in her living room with stuff from Japan and America that she can't get in Germany. We had beer and then some little hazelnut candies, and then we bundled up and into the car for a trip on the Autobahn. The fast driving was a little disconcerting at first, but we quickly got used to it. In no time we were at the seaside town of Timmendorf. Caroline let us through a beautiful constitutional park where the invalids who had come to the sea for the air and salt water would take their evening walks. There as a bathhouse with mineral baths and lots o beautiful trees and paths around a lovely pond. We saw ducks and baby ducks and bunnies and baby bunnies! We walked quickly past the commercial area and out the pier to the sea. It was super choppy and some brave souls were body boarding! It must have been so cold! Yikes! The wind was strong and there was a slight chill in the air,but the northern sum was still in the sky. It was lovely.
All along the beach are these little private cabanas called beach baskets. You can rent them by the day and they have a little awning and seats and places to store your drinks. Ingenious. We were flabbergasted that we haven't ever seen the likes in America. In the evening the price goes down or sometimes it's completely free, and folks gather them around in a circle for a late night beach party. It looked like great fun.
We walked along the beach for a bit and looked at all the seaside cottages. The Asian follies of a fellow named Mikado. Then as it got dark we walked back to the commercial area and had some coffee and waffles in Caroline's favorite Italian cafe. The outdoor cafes there have these amazing heaters which are basically just columns of flame surrounded by a screen. They're very effective and dramatic. We were the only ones sitting in the Italian cafe, but next door at the place nicknamed "cafe Important" (because it's the place to see and be seen) it was hoppin. A strolling musician was entertaining the crowds with "Take Me Home Country Roads"(this song will follow us through Scandinavia...eek!) and the Hamburg soccer team anthem. Hee hee. We sat and gabbed for a while, and then it was time to head back. We basically poured ourselves into the bed.
After naptime, Caroline made a delicious Japanese style curry with potatoes and carrots and onions and beef over rice. So good! She's got goodie boxes in her living room with stuff from Japan and America that she can't get in Germany. We had beer and then some little hazelnut candies, and then we bundled up and into the car for a trip on the Autobahn. The fast driving was a little disconcerting at first, but we quickly got used to it. In no time we were at the seaside town of Timmendorf. Caroline let us through a beautiful constitutional park where the invalids who had come to the sea for the air and salt water would take their evening walks. There as a bathhouse with mineral baths and lots o beautiful trees and paths around a lovely pond. We saw ducks and baby ducks and bunnies and baby bunnies! We walked quickly past the commercial area and out the pier to the sea. It was super choppy and some brave souls were body boarding! It must have been so cold! Yikes! The wind was strong and there was a slight chill in the air,but the northern sum was still in the sky. It was lovely.
All along the beach are these little private cabanas called beach baskets. You can rent them by the day and they have a little awning and seats and places to store your drinks. Ingenious. We were flabbergasted that we haven't ever seen the likes in America. In the evening the price goes down or sometimes it's completely free, and folks gather them around in a circle for a late night beach party. It looked like great fun.
We walked along the beach for a bit and looked at all the seaside cottages. The Asian follies of a fellow named Mikado. Then as it got dark we walked back to the commercial area and had some coffee and waffles in Caroline's favorite Italian cafe. The outdoor cafes there have these amazing heaters which are basically just columns of flame surrounded by a screen. They're very effective and dramatic. We were the only ones sitting in the Italian cafe, but next door at the place nicknamed "cafe Important" (because it's the place to see and be seen) it was hoppin. A strolling musician was entertaining the crowds with "Take Me Home Country Roads"(this song will follow us through Scandinavia...eek!) and the Hamburg soccer team anthem. Hee hee. We sat and gabbed for a while, and then it was time to head back. We basically poured ourselves into the bed.
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