It was another Friday in Germany and Manuel and I were wondering which city in Germany to visit for the weekend after church on Sabbath. So we asked our German flatmate Magda for an idea of where to visit. She suggested Rostock and said they have nice beaches there. She mentioned that she had a friend there and we could stay there overnight. However, after calling her friend, she realised that she wasnt at home, but we decided to go to Rostock anyway. On Saturday, while at church, Manuel prepared things for the trip since we didnt the day before. We heard about rideshare (mitfarbesomething-long german word which I don't remember now) and decided that we could use this method of travelling to save money. We found a girl who wanted to travel with us to Rostock. Of course, we were happy but on Friday she told us that she didn't want to go anymore. We were disappointed of course but we were still eager to go to Rostock. After church, we ate lunch and our other German flatmate Benny told us that there was a huge storm in the Baltic Sea and it caused a lot of flooding in that area. Rostock is located near the Baltic sea and so he was basically warning us though he wasn't sure where exactly the flooding was. He wished us luck and we set off for our Rostock adventure.
On the way to Rostock, there was traffic in Hamburg and we got lost. However, as with all our travel experiences, we always found our way. Manuel used an online map with directions for our travels in Germany since we were not familiar with this country. We were a bit wary at first on our way to Rostock since we didn't see a lot of cars in the route for that town. I remember looking at the lush green landscape on both sides on the road which indicated that we were in the "country" area.We took the route to Nienhagen. At home,we had looked online at pictures for the beaches in Rostock and picked a random point on the map called Nienhagen and it looked beautiful! We figured it would be a nice idea to visit there. I had the strong urge to urinate and there was no bathroom nearby. The only thing present which I really didnt want, was the option to go in...the bushes... As a child going on trips to the countryside in Jamaica with my parents to visit relatives, whenever any of us needed to use the bathroom, my father would pull over and let us go in a secluded area surrounded by bushes. I hated this idea for fear that someone would see me ^^ I had to muster up some courage as Manuel pulled over near a field of tall golden stalks from a corn field I suppose. I carried tissue with me and walked a good distance away from the road and the public eye, hoping that no one would be coming from the fields to see and I did what I had to do. I hurried back to the car and asked him to pour water on my hands so I could wash them.
We were not entirely sure on how to get to Nienhagen and so as I love to suggest, I told Manuel " let us ask someone". I love interacting with locals by asking for directions and seeing their reaction. We drove until we ended up in a town called Bad Doberan. I suggested we go to a gas station since those people there normally know how to locate places in the area or maybe even a map could be there. We went inside and no one was there to attend us. I think I saw a few customers. We waited a bit for someone to help us to the map behind the desk, but when we saw that no one came, Manuel went behind the desk to look at the map. A lady who was clearly furious came from a room behind a door and got upset at him for being there, probably thinking we were trying to steal something and so Manuel moved. He asked her if she spoke English, French or Spanish and she answered angrily " nein!". We quickly left and went in the car to find our way to Nienhagen. We then saw an old man with a little red-haired boy who I thought was adorable. The old man was willing to help although his English was a bit hard to understand due to his heavy German accent. He was deep in his giving of direction but he wasnt helping us to go to the place we wanted. He was directing us to Rostock. On top of that, while talking as if he never intended to stop, some liquid from his mouth made its way inside the car and fell on my hand, but just a little, not a alot for me to have a panic attack. However, I still had to wipe my hand with hand sanitizer two or three times. We told him, ok danke, and he still tried to explain to us how to get to Rostock. Then, after a while, feeling like he had done a great job, bid us farewell and we went off. I actually liked him and found it cute how he tried to help us, but I was not pleased at all with the saliva encounter!
If I remember well, we were passing some houses and I asked Manuel to ask the old man and old lady seated outside,but after that episode and how awful the lady was, he decided not to.
Finally we arrived in the area and drove down until we saw the beach.
I was thrilled and Manuel paid for parking and we rushed to see what the beach was like. To our dismay, it looked nothing like the beach we saw on the pictures. Instead, it was brown and dark, due to the storm I suppose.
I was thrilled and Manuel paid for parking and we rushed to see what the beach was like. To our dismay, it looked nothing like the beach we saw on the pictures. Instead, it was brown and dark, due to the storm I suppose.
We walked around to observe and compared it to what I normally expect from a beach while in Jamaica. It was the first European beach I visited and so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was a windy and cool day.The water was dark as opposed to our many shades of blue water, people were in pants and long shirts as opposed to bath suits in Jamaica. As you can see, I even had to wear a sweater and pants to the beach! I had never done that before. The people around me appeared as if it was a normal thing.
The water washing up on the shore had a frothy look that resembled the foam from the beer. I joked that it is really a German beach. Manuel and I took pictures.
The sea seemed rough and I had fun walking on the short wooden poles lined in the sea.
After exploring the water, we walked on the shore and saw a man and his daughter near a a muddy area with a cliff with water coming out of an opening. I joked that it resembled the female genitalia. The little girl was having fun sliding in the mud and I laughed on seeing that and thought it must be fun. I walked in the mud with my cloth-material shoes in order to take a better picture of the cliff with the water coming out. My shoes totally got covered in the light brown mud, even after Manuel warned me not to walk in it any further.
The water washing up on the shore had a frothy look that resembled the foam from the beer. I joked that it is really a German beach. Manuel and I took pictures.
foam on my shoe!
The sea seemed rough and I had fun walking on the short wooden poles lined in the sea.
After exploring the water, we walked on the shore and saw a man and his daughter near a a muddy area with a cliff with water coming out of an opening. I joked that it resembled the female genitalia. The little girl was having fun sliding in the mud and I laughed on seeing that and thought it must be fun. I walked in the mud with my cloth-material shoes in order to take a better picture of the cliff with the water coming out. My shoes totally got covered in the light brown mud, even after Manuel warned me not to walk in it any further.
We had to go back to the females' bathroom on the beach to wash my shoes in the sink and then dry it with the hand dryer. A lady entered and was startled to see that Manuel was also in the females' bathroom.
We left the beach at Nienhagen and returned to the car and decided to get started with dinner. We stopped at this little gazebo outside near where there was a lot of police directing cars out of the streets flooded with water. We wanted to heat up our food but we had no lighter(because Manuel left it ^^). I suggested that we ask one of the police man since most Germans seemed to smoke. We didn't get any lighter and so Manuel said that he would buy a lighter. I didnt like the idea since it was on the Sabbath. He went to Lidl and there was none. Then he went to Penny Markt while I waited in the car and while waiting I saw some men looking at the license plate of the car. A few others came and looked and I observed the passer-bys. I guess it was because it was a French license plate. Manuel came back with not one but three lighters, since they only sold them in the pack with three. I asked, "What are we going to need THREE lighters for?" We discussed selling it to some smokers we know, like our French flatmate Baptiste.We didnt have a comfortable place to eat and we saw a next beach nearby and so we returned to the car to visit that beach.
We left the beach at Nienhagen and returned to the car and decided to get started with dinner. We stopped at this little gazebo outside near where there was a lot of police directing cars out of the streets flooded with water. We wanted to heat up our food but we had no lighter(because Manuel left it ^^). I suggested that we ask one of the police man since most Germans seemed to smoke. We didn't get any lighter and so Manuel said that he would buy a lighter. I didnt like the idea since it was on the Sabbath. He went to Lidl and there was none. Then he went to Penny Markt while I waited in the car and while waiting I saw some men looking at the license plate of the car. A few others came and looked and I observed the passer-bys. I guess it was because it was a French license plate. Manuel came back with not one but three lighters, since they only sold them in the pack with three. I asked, "What are we going to need THREE lighters for?" We discussed selling it to some smokers we know, like our French flatmate Baptiste.We didnt have a comfortable place to eat and we saw a next beach nearby and so we returned to the car to visit that beach.
The beach was in the area of Warnemunde. The area had many nice houses and a hotel nearby.We also saw a huge Scanidavian cruise ship on the sea. Manuel said that it was the Baltic Sea and that Sweden was actually in front of us.
We walked around the beach and thought it seemed prettier than the one at Nienhagen. I suggested that we should go there again the following day.
While walking around, something caught my eye that I had never seen before in my life on a beach! There was a naked old man standing up quite proudly on the shore looking around and smiling. I was shocked and I just had to take a picture because I thought he was just being quite rude perverted. Later on, I realised (as you will too in part 3) that he was just standing as a normal citizen as if he was clothed and simply being a friendly, smiling old man.
I was still appalled and wondered how can they let this man just stand around naked and there are children around and maybe he could be perverted! I took pictures with Manuel and made sure to include the old naked man in the background ;)
We decided it was time to leave as it was getting late and when we went back to a new area where we parked our car, we saw a lovely red apple on the ground. I wondered where it came from because the trees above didnt seem like an apple tree. It was not until I saw two boys in a nearby hotel throwing apples on the ground from their balcony on the 2nd floor, that I realised where the apple came from. I thought they were so wasteful, because in Jamaica we pay a lot of money for apples like that . However, I then found it similar to how our mangoes are left to fall on the ground and rotten when they are too ripe. We left that parking lot to find somewhere to eat.
While driving by some houses on our way from beach, I joked to Manuel that we should ask someone in one of the houses if we could sleepover as the visitors from couch surfing do at our flat. We were not entirely sure where we would sleep but we found a new parking lot on which to have our dinner. Now it was dinner time and food was all that was on our mind. I warmed up the dinner as a good housewife ^^. Manuel made canneloni and it was delicious :) I just warmed it up :P
After eating, Manuel proposed for us to sleep at a hotel, but I refused as I didnt want to cause any extra expenses. So we agreed to sleep in the car. He did a great job transforming the car into a bed and it made the night's sleep quite comfortable although I still had a fear that someone would come and hit the glass and harm us.
Quite extreme I know, but I had never slept in a car before. It seems to be a normal experience for some of these people there in the parking lot. A lot of them had trailers/mobile homes and they seems quite comfortable while I was worrying about a random serial killer ^^
I remember seeing a couple who parked next to us and they were arranging their vehicle too into a bedroom. They didn't seem all that friendly as having us for a one night neighbour. The other neighbour on our left was an old man and his wife and they didn't seem friendly either. It didn't matter as deep in my mind, I was wishing for it to be morning quickly. At one point, I had to urinate and it was one of the most terrifying times of my life (yes, exaggeration ^^ as the most terrifying one was to come in France the night before I left for Belgium) to go behind the car in a bush in darkness in an area I knew nothing about. I quickly went back to the car and made sure to use towels to cover the windows from the inside.
The car became our little room and it was designed for a princess as Manuel said, as it even had a place to put my plastic bracelets, which by the way he said causes us bad luck :P. I then said, if my father ever knew I was sleeping in a car, he would be very angry. I reassured Manuel that it was ok and that I didn't mind, as long as we were safe.
30 july : This day we woke early lol around 8.00 am i think. It was saturday, so it was Sabbath. We had breakfast, we have bath and you have dress for go to the church. I have carry you there and i came back to the house because we prepared near of nothing for our week end to the Baltic Sea. So i prepared my clothe, the duvet...and the fridge. put all that in the car. Lol also the personn who wanted to come with us to Rostock told us to she cancelled we found that awful to saying that at the last moment. our first rideshare experience will be for later. I went back to the church, waited at you, I had the music on but before you arrive i turned it off :)
So we have finish to prepare our things we finnally ate lunch at home and we left. Just before to leave the house Benny told us to it had some big storm in baltic sea and it caused flood. But he said to he doesnt knwo exactly where it was so we may have no problem. We had some traffic at Hamburg and we get lost but we found the road for Rostock ^^ lol it had not a lot of cars for go to Rostock lol first sign ^^ I left the autoban for take direction of Nienhagen ( you dont know Nienhagen ?? ) and i didnt found the way for it lol we were in country, we have start at at cookie ( milka cookie :D ) lol you also wanted to pee so badly and so i have stop and you went in the bush lol :)) then we were in a town we started at ask people, most of them didnt spoke english. and old man expalined us how to go to Rostock lol but that we knew how to go there. That is happen at Bad Dobberan. Then we saw a gas station, you told me to go and ask. Lol we went it had nobody inside. i went to look the map and after a while a woman came. she was vex and not nice. I asked her if she speak english or french or spanish " nein !" lol anyway i saw to we had to go back for try and find the road.
I finnally found it lol we have lost a lot of time for find it :P So we parked at Nienhagen, it was make like a touristic area with hotel all around. We had to pay for park. We went to the sea, the sea was of a werid colour lol because of the storm it get darked and more brown. We had walk on the bach, we took really pretty couple picture :) we both had hoodie sweater, I really love those pic. We went in an area where it was mud lol you have continue to walk on it because you wanted tosee " the vagina" in the cliff where water was coming out of the hole. We saw a child slide in the mud and is made us laugh, you havent slide but your shoes went in the mud, lol fully in it :))
So we went back to the hotel area for go to the toilet for wash your shoes. Lol we both went in the women side and we have wash your shoes ( your lovely converse ) We used the things fro dry the hands to dry you shoes. A women came in the toilet and looked shock to see a guy in the toilet ( ah a guy !! )
We left Nienhagen it had nothing much to do here. We took the direction for Rostock by the sea road. We get stop after 5 min by the Police. The road was under water ! lol so we have park beside it had a nice area.You were in mood for eat dinner. We have start to look for it. Hehe who forgot the lighter ? :P ye ye is me. lol ok we are not going to eat cold cannelloni, we will wait for eat. So we had to go to Rostock, in at some area where it had a lot of water in the road ( in country, yeah before to simply take the road for Bad Doberan and then Rostock I tired country again lol ) So we finnally arrived in Rostock, nothing exiting there apart to it had a nuclear reactor just beside the town :)). I found a Lidl and so i went for the lighter...no lighter in Lidl. so We looked for an other supermarket. Lol a Penny markt. You said ye for sure Penny markt ! i was hmm ye. Lol i finnally found lighter ( they selling them by 3 they so smart, you want buy one and you have to buy 3 ) so you told me to Penny markt is the best ( lol i remember when we were buying food you sometime wanted to do all ^^ lol Rewe Lidl Netto Penny markt, lol we did 3 but never 4 ^^ )
We wanted to return close of the sea so we took the direction of the harbour. It was Warnemünde. It had fireman in the street, they were pumping the water of the storm, some house had water in their cellar.
We saw a rewe ^^ lol then we took the direction of the beach. many nice ouse in the left side of the road, hotel in right side. We have stop and we went in the beach for enjoy there a while. We were walking and, and old man arrived and start at take off his clothe, we were what the heck it is !! ? lol he were naked ! and so quiet exiting and laugh a lot ! lol you wanted take a pic of him a secund naked old man is arrive lol.you have ultra zoom on him and pass many time in front of him. Lol you were saying " look soooo little" oh and ye before that you were in crazy mood and we made a funny video :) and i called my mom and you said hi to her :)
Then we took couple picture and guess what you were taking in pic in background ? lol the nake man !! you wnated more pic of him :))
We went back to the car we saw an apple arrive in the road, some children/teens were playing at send apple in the road, it was free for them...so spoil they are.
We had to look for a place to eat and sleep. You wanted to ask people if we can sleep in their house :P We have finnally find an amazing parking ( ye i am ironic ) where we ate :) I remember you preparing the dinner, you're so cute.
We have park and so we slept in the car after have put everything in the front seat. So we slept in back seat and trunck. You were saying " and you told me that you will treat me like a princesse ^^" lol i proposed you the hotel but you refused. We went pee in the bush lol the toilet were !!! wow sooooo nasty !
31 july : We woke around 7.30/8.00am lol it wasnt a dream we were really at Warnemünde :P we have tide the car and we have start eating breakfast. It was nice. We made a video of "fatty" lol. After that we left for visit Rostock. We first have stop at Burger King for wash face and hand and pee lol. Thank you burger king ^^. Then we saw a parc and so we went there. The little lake went in the path ^^. It had lot of naked statue. Lol it is a rostock thing ^^
So we walked in the parc, it was cool, i took picture of rostock bad side :P you tasted a cherry and you love it :)) a lot a lot. We saw a swan family, ducks.
We went to Rostock town center, close of the harbour. We have park there ( i forgot to close the car ^^ ) and we walked in the town. Actually it was cute, but nothing amazing. It still had some naked statues lol. We bought little memories, for remember Rostock. We walked around the harbour, it had pretty boat.
Then we wanted to return to Warnemünde. We have park in the parking of the night before. We saw fish sandwich so we 1 for each other some for our lunch. It was so yummy so we said we will take more after the beach :P It was an other beach than the day before. The water was of a better colour. It had some people but it wasnt full :) We have sit and look around. Lol you have start to see again naked people ( not a lot ) you were happy :)) you used a lot the camera and ultra zoom on them. lol and you have also start at do art picture, lol you took children in pic.
We went in the water and enjoy it. It was cute. we also took some shell. after have dry on the sun we have start to walk ( on rostock direction ) it didnt had much naked people in this side lol. Then we walked in the other side and we have be surprise lol. it had just nake people ! family all naked, people playing beach volley nake... lol it also had men laying on the sand fully naked you have stop to walk and ultra zoom on their penis and take picture ! ( lol with our new camera the result will be better ) lol you wnated to take many picture of them :)) and wanted to see all the beach. we saw most of them lol. Then you wrote your name place and date in the sand and took it in pic. and lol you have check if to see naked women turn me on, lol no chérie, it doesnt ^^ we were so surprise to see all those naked people.
So ye then we have collect some baltic sea water in a bottle. We went eat more fish sandwich and keep one for later.
It tasted really good. We left Rostock, lol gas was cheaper of 15 cents the liter there ! :P i have bear feet. You have comb you hair in the way for return Oldenburg. At hamburg we had traffic again but i didnt get lost. But you losted some grape in the car ^^ dont worry i found them back in november with the tea spoon you losted lol they were fully dry :))
At home madga was eating our grape...shitty her :P !
