The Great Rain Reef

This years trip to the Baltic Sea was different to the years before: rain, cold wind, rain, rain and rain. Switching to the indoor program, we went to Stralsund to visit the German Maritime Museum. I place where I have been the last time when I was at the age of my daughter. And they have a giant fish tank with unusual spots to watch from (placed in an artificial reef).

 

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This one is for symmetry fetishists

On our way back downhill, we were carried by a passenger vehicle mounted on top of a goods platform. (see here) As this car is leveled, it feels like crawling down a wall when looking backwards. As usual, a photo can’t transport that impression very well. Anyway, a good opportunity for me to take this photo. Full of symmetry.

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Mountain rail adventure

Turn your everydays life into small adventures. Thats what we did last weekend. A train ride which felt like going back in time in combination with a short walk through beautiful landscape.

Been started at Erfurt main station, soon a modern hub within the ICE network, and traveling over more and more tight and tiny tracks deeper into Thuringian forest, we ended at the 1922 built “Oberweissbacher Bergbahn” just to continue our journey on a wide (1,80m) but steep track, towed by a cable. Upon the mountain, the ride continued in another old electrical train vehicle on the level track.
After a short walk we ended on “Meuselbacher Kuppe” for having lunch.

Definately worth a trip and I think we will do it again, with a larger hiking part then. This part was shorter this time due to some smaller kids traveling with us.

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