Travemunde, Germany

We have had two quiet days close to home.  After a very busy week last week, we needed a couple down days.  I guess whether you would also consider them relaxing, would be a matter of opinion.

Yesterday, Gene spent most of his day outside.  He finally had a chance to wash the thick, black layer of bugs off the front end cap which have been there since our trip to South Carolina.  He also went to Camping World to purchase a tube of self-leveling caulking for the rubber roof.  The Everest dealer in Columbia had mentioned that it was good idea to keep a tube on hand.  When he returned from Camping World, he spread a little of the caulking on the area of our leak.  He also spent some of his day socializing with the neighbors.

I stayed inside all day except for the laps I walked around the campground.  I busied myself with my photos again.  This time it was older pictures.  When I got my Apple, I also purchased an external hard drive to use for backup and storage.  I have many CDs of a lifetime of photographs and am ever so slowly copying them back to the computer to be stored on the external hard drive.

Our hotel in Travemunde

Yesterday, I came across these photos of a trip we made to Germany in April of 2007 for a wedding.  Since our life while in Nashville visiting with family and friends is probably quite boring to the reader interested in a travel journal, I thought these photos might help break up the monotony of cleaning, hiking, and family dinner together.

We spent our first night in Travemunde, the small seaport hometown of the bride. It was a family wedding so there were several family members there with us--my parents, and two aunts and uncles.  We spent the morning strolling along this one street bordered on one side by shops, boutiques, and outdoor cafes and on the other by the river.  The ladies, as you can imagine, were in the shops making purchases.  The men waited on the sidewalk.  Gene did a little shopping, as well.  The airline managed to get him to Germany, but not his suitcase.  He had to buy a suit for the wedding.

The building where the wedding was held

The wedding was held at the Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm.  The hotel complex was made up of several buildings and sat facing the Baltic Sea.  I have never (and never expect to again) been in such a fine hotel.  Our room was in the building called “the little castle”.

The Little Castle

At the time of this wedding, Gene and I were both still working part time and did not have the opportunity to spend the ten days after the wedding with the rest of the family as they toured Germany.  Instead, because of airline delays, we were only able to be there for 3 days.

On the Baltic Sea

Today has been another semi-relaxing day.  We did our walk at Beaman Park this morning and I spent the afternoon in the kitchen preparing for company tomorrow.  Gene was outside again; this time washing most of the rest of the Everest.

Tomorrow, we will be back at Beaman Park in the morning, but we will take along our good hiking buddy, Herb.  He is getting homemade chicken noodle soup, a grilled cheese sandwich, and freshly baked peanut butter cookies for lunch.