Warnemunde
is on the German coast. Germany doesn't have much coastline but this
is the port which gives access to Berlin, a two and a half hour train
trip away. There are multiple excursions available to visit Berlin
but, given that the city obviously warrants a visit of more than a
few hours, we passed on those. Trish has already visited the city and
we will get there for a more comprehensive visit one day.
Warnemunde
is quite small but a very popular summer resort with an endless
number of beach chairs, none of which were occupied on this 17 degree
day. It's attractions include an historic lighthouse and a building
called the teepot, allegedly because it resembles a teapot – bit
obscure for us.
Like
Amsterdam and Copenhagen, it has a canal system but on a much smaller
scale. It is however a very substantial port with a lot of river
traffic.
As
suggested by the tour director, we tried out the local public
transport system. After completing our walk around Warnemunde, we
paid a total of 16 euros for the four of us to travel by train and
tram to Rostock. It was almost completely destroyed in World War II
but the old town was faithfully rebuilt after the war in
substantially the same form We were glad we took the trouble to go
there.
On
the way back to the ship, we had our customary beer, this time a
Krombacher.
Last
night's sunset at about 10:00pm was pretty impressive.
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