Schleswig and the local celebrity.

I woke the sleeping bear and made him start the day earlier. Turns out it takes a non morning person a really long time to get into the day. I can’t imagine. Getting up at noon means you’ve only got a few hours to do things.

We headed to a place further north today. A town called Schleswig. It sits on a water inlet from the Baltic Sea. Was a nice place, had a big cathedral, a nice quay by the water and a really old area where they preserved the fishing village from the 1700’s and earlier. It was really cool. They still fish there and you can buy the fish fresh from the man on the boat! Yum!

Niklas’ mom took us to a café near the harbor and we had lunch. Niklas ordered what turned out to be cold smoked salmon with a dish of pasta. Wow! Yum. I’m still not sure what its called on a menu but once I learn I’ll be ordering it. Salmon is so cheap here, its on every menu!

Niklas' mom Elke was voted by her local community to be a model for people over fifty. It was a contest they ran in the local paper and she won! She was modeling on a catwalk on Friday. Neat! She's pretty adorable though so I could see it. That was my local celebrity...haha

Inside the cathedral is an alter carved entirely of wood, it survives from the 1400’s. Wow! They were pretty organized about showing it off. They have a ‘map’ of the different scenes so you can follow along and then they also have close up photos enlarged and in a big display so you can see them up close. Really cool!

This morning I walked to the Tourist info office. Its just past the train station. They are pretty well organized, with a nice store but only 2 items were in an English version. Which is what I’m finding everywhere. Its been really interesting. I keep visiting places where few Americans wander so they aren’t quite as tourist oriented.

On my way out the automatic door stopped working. So you walk up to the sensor and nothing happens, it was funny. Talk about being trapped, there was a line to get in and out, ha! Finally a desperate lady just pulled the doors open.

This afternoon (Niklas had to work today) we are headed to Flensburg. I’d tell you all about it but I haven’t have Google power for days, I’ve gotten to do no research ;( it’s a bummer actually, I kinda like being able to read up a little bit on where I go, what I see etc. But its not so major.