Baltic Sea Catch Up

Tuesday morning I sat waiting for Niklas in the hostel coffee shop and talked to a man who was from Hamburg originally. He told me all the things I should go see, where to walk, which trains to take…I was like, where were you Sunday evening?! So I took notes for when I return to Hamburg (catching my train back to Stuttgart from there)

When we arrived in Kiel Niklas switched into tour guide mode and showed me around. We went and saw where he worked on the Kiel Canal. Saw the beach, then another beach in a place called Laboe (that place is rad, beach front Baltic Sea. Who would have ever thought I’d see the Baltic Sea!

community, kite surfers etc.) Laboe sits right on the

We went and had a pasta and fish lunch, yum! Then headed to the Citti Park which is a giant shopping mall! We did a grocery shop there, it was like a Costco (within the shopping mall) only there was both huge portions of things and smaller ones for regular people. It was pretty fun. 

After that was hung out and relaxed at his apartment. It was rainy and windy and cold out. Today the sun is out so we are headed to another beach this time.

This photo here is of the end of a Uboat and the big brick structure is a Marine monument. It costs a bit of money to get into both of them so I skipped it but weird to see U boats sitting around here. That one was built in Hamburg, which I read earlier was bombed by the British because of its amazing ship building abilities. Who knew.