Aug 2 - Warnemunde/ Rostock, Germany

We were delighted to see Carolina blue skies and warm temperatures when we woke up this morning...actually wore shorts today.  After a welcome breakfast on the Aft Deck near Sunset Bar, we leisurely left for the train station in Warnemunde to buy our tickets to Rostock...about 20 min away.  No signs or announcements in English leaving us to guess which station to get off in Rostock!  We found the station then had to find the tram to the city center ... Once again lots of folks bringing bikes onto the train ( even carrying them up and down stairs and into elevators).  We met a couple of Aussies  from the ship and wandered together for awhile taking pictures of the Hanseatic architecture and a church built in the 1400s.  It was a very hot sunny day and after a couple of hours of walking around, we decided to head back to the ship for lunch.  Pizza and Caesar Salad today...then a nap for Art and the Thalassotherapy pool for me Ahhhh....so good for my back.  

We relaxed until time to go to Michael's Club for our Captain's Club social hour followed by a long walk through Warnemunde to the beaches.  A beautiful evening, lovely marina, harbor area and very crowded beaches with ladies in various stages of undress!,  on the way back to the ship, we walked through a residential part of town with charming peaked roof houses, small shops and pub type restaurants and very little traffic.  By the time we got back o the ship, it was time to show and change for dinner.  Ronni and Herb ( from NY) were on an excursion to Berlin ( must have been very hot there), so it was Just 4 of us for dinner (Pat and Dave from St Louis and us) tonight.  We had good conversation, swapping stories and convincing our waiter ( from Jamaica and having difficulty understanding our sense of humor) that we wanted Key Lime pie for dessert.  He kept telling us that we needed to speak with his 'boss' :). The Maitre D' come over to our table and after joking with him for awhile, he promised us Key Lime pie on Sunday night :)

Dave and I are particularly happy since we were the ones making the request.  Off to bed dreaming of another sea day tomorrow with hot temperatures predicted again