Sonntag in Travemunde

Today was our first Sunday in Germany, and the sky was blue when we awoke -- a rarity, we've learned. We decided to take advantage of the nice weather by going for a beach walk in Travemunde, the "resort" town of Lübeck, on the Baltic Sea. 

To get to Travemunde, we had to catch a bus at this bus stop, which we reached by zig-zagging up some narrow cobblestone streets near our flat. (The first night we were were here, I took a photo of the castle gate, and this is what's on the other side of it, inside the town itself.)

It takes about a half hour to get to Travemunde on the bus, and costs 3.10 euros. When we arrived, we disembarked just before entering town, so we could walk down the streets of this sweet fishing village before reaching the promenade to the beach.


We weren't the only people who thought walking on the beach would be a good idea today -- the place was filled with visitors, out for a walk on what turned out to be a rainy day. But the temperature was mild, in the high 40s,  and the rain was a fine mist, so it was a pleasant day. Some well-mannered swans were out for a walk in town . . .

. . . while the seagulls, and cormorants, the bad boys of the beach, hung out on this pier. 

We had a nice long walk along the shore, where the Baltic is clear and calm, before heading back into downtown Travemunde for a mid-afternoon lunch. Because our clothes were damp and it was starting to get dark, we caught the bus back to Lübeck, and stopped at a little bäckerei for some excellent cherry kuchen. Only nine more Sundays to go, sadly!