The Far North; the Baltic Sea and Kappeln on the Schlei: June 27-29

We took an overnight bus (=no sleep and a dinner consisting of peanuts) up to Hamburg and a train a further 2 hours North to visit Craig`s cousins, Deirdre and Klaus in Kappeln. The weather turned considerably colder and after the long journey we were happy to just relax and chat with our hosts. They were extremely warm and gracious hosts, and it was actually the first time Craig had met them, so it was really great to hear the old family legends and history as well as their own life stories.

We went on some drives around the Schlei, a big inlet on the Baltic Sea, and walked through quaint thatch roofed villages, the beach, visited a Viking museum and went for a bike ride.

On the Schlei





Craig went for a swim in the icy Baltic Sea.