Our journey forwarded via Copenhagen and Hamburg along the Baltic shoreline. First night in Germany we spent in Schleswig which was a cozy small town and our hotel Deutscher Hof had a nice beer garden under appletrees. A friendly lady at the reception found us buses back to the railwaystation as walking from there with our backbags was sweaty.
Although the town was nice the railwaystation was in ruins inside.
Our next step in Germany was Rostock. It is a modern city, with layers of history. In the Kulturhistorissche museum we learned that it was important and independent during Hansa time, but lost that status due to 30 years war and the big fire.
Marien kirche was first built around 1200, but it had been rebuilt and enlargened during the years. It had originally paintings on the walls, but it was painted white when it turned lutheran. Rostock was among the first to advance reformation. Luckily some of the paintings are still seen, and that inspired me as I am reading a book of church painters in Finland, Hattula church. The organ of the church was biggest I have seen.
The Rostock hotel was big and kind of mistake. I prefer smaller hotels or hostels and personal atmosphere. It was clean and steril and no personal touch. The name was Art hotel Ana, maybe the name was misleading me. However, the tramstop was near. A day trip to Warnemunde with S-bahn was easy to do.
Warnow river in Warnemunde
Warnemunde was a real turist attraction with its beaches, promenades, fishkiosks and old lighthouse.
Old lighthouse from1912
Long long beach, ann soft sand.