For my parents...
There is love that will live forever,
And there are memories
That will shine through the sorrow.
July 7, 2001
My parent's 60th Wedding anniversary.
Instead of a
party, my brother and I surprised our parents with a reminiscing trip trough
Mecklenburg, Germany. Mutti and Vati were not the only ones enjoying this
trip, we did too. It was just like in the old days. The only
difference was that this time the trip was on us and my brother and I were too
old to fight like we did when our parents took us 40++ years ago.
We left
Cuxhaven on Friday, July 6th. Our first stop was Warren, by the Müritz
See. Very pretty Lake. We stopped for Coffee and cake and a little
walk by the water.
The next stop
was Malchin. We decided to stay in Malchin for the two nights. The
hotel was a charming old place. It was clean and the owner was friendly.
We took a tour
of the town that night. There are still some leftovers from the time when
this part of Germany was called: East Germany. Some of the house are not renovated
yet. We found a stork nest and an old city wall from the 1600. All
together, I found Malchin to be very interesting and pretty. We topped off
the evening with dinner in the Ratskeller. Below are pictures from all
over the town.
On the morning
of the 7th of July, we had a wonderful breakfast with champagne and smoked eel.
Of course fresh rolls, cold cuts, soft boiled eggs and all that belongs to a
typical German breakfast.
This day we
drove to
Ahlbeck by the Baltic Sea. The weather was a perfect
"10". We rented a carriage and took a tour through Ahlbeck and
Heringsdorf. Everything is being re-built and the new house are very
pretty and kind of reminded me of Cape May.
After the
carriage ride we strolled down the promenade and ended up taking a trip on the
boat to Poland.
The next day we
drove to
Boltenhagen.
Boltenhagen is a small town by the Baltic Sea. We spent our vacations
there when we were children and it brought back memories. My parents were
eager to see if the old "Waldhütte" still existed and sure enough, it
did. To top it off, the lady who rented us room and board in the 50's was
still alive (95 years old) and we were thrilled that she recognized us. She
invited us in and we talked about the "good old times".
From
Boltenhagen we continued to drive home. We stopped in
Bad
Segeberg and got to see a little bit of the Karl May Festspiele.
From
there we took home the ferry.
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