Oh, the Baltic Sea. How could I have forgotten how much I love it? It was amazing. Utterly beautiful, breath-taking, wonderful, relaxing... it was great.
After one week with the British Boy, I ditched him, left him in London and flew to Berlin. My mom picked me up from the airport and we drove the 3 hours to the Baltic Sea, singing along loudly to songs in the radio, talking about life, dreams, hopes and our expectations of the trip.
We stayed at the
Ginkgo Mare, which is a bio hotel and offered a fantastic deal that included eco breakfast (think whole wheat rolls, mueslis, yoghurts, fantastic fruits and spreads and lots and lots of herb teas), rental bikes, a lunch package (two whole wheat sandwiches with ham, salami or cheese, a snack, some fruit) as well as a spa treatment for each of us.
It was so relaxing and I felt so taken care of. The first night, we ventured out and went to the Seebruecke, which is the main pier, where the majority of seafood restaurants reside. We hadn't booked and luckily a kind couple agreed to share their table with us, so that we could delve into fresh and delicious food:
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| Steamed perch with vegetables and a butter shrimp sauce. |
The sunset on that first night was unbelievable. I drank in all the colours and the sea air and the sea gulls and felt like I had truly arrived. It was magical.
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| What colour display! |
On our second day, we got to the beach early on our bikes, put up our wind breaker and spend a leisurely day snoozing, reading, jumping into the sea like deranged teenagers and feeling alive in the waves.
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| Morning beach |
There is a wilder, more rugged beach on the West of the peninsula which promises wonderful sunsets, so Mom and I took a couple of bottles of sparkling wine, a picnic and spent the evening watching the sun set over the Baltic Sea.
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| German Sekt is tasty. |
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| Almost gone. |
The next days we spent on our bikes, cycling to close by villages, exploring the area and enjoying either our lunch packages, evening picnics and treated us to a couple of dinners too.
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| At a restaurant where I forgot to take pictures of the food. Haha, it was good though. |
We managed to go to the beach every day and just looking at these pictures transports me back. I feel the fine sand between my fingers, can taste the saltiness of the water and hear the waves endlessly rolling in, sometimes calmly, especially during our early morning swim on the last day, and sometimes with much force and energy. Always never ending.
I can't wait to go back.
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