Month: August 2012

To the End of the World

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When I got up this morning, I didn’t know that only a few hours later my journey would take me to the end of the world. Or at least to the end of the Schlei fjord, which is pretty much the end of the world as far as I see it. But sometimes the places where you least expect it, turn out to be the prettiest places. And so today – I must add – turned out to be the unexpected highlight of our family vacation at the Baltic Sea. The plan had been to get dad to the historic train station, where he and my sister wanted to embark on a special train ride, while mom and I wanted to go to town with them, sit in a cafe, read a book, and wait for them to return. But plans don’t always work the way we anticipate them. Sometimes they change. For the better, that is! Things changed for me, when I realized – as soon as I got out of the car – that …

Building Castles

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What’s a beach holiday without a real sand castle? Nothing, really – you’re right! We’re thinking the same. And so today, we set out to turn this vacation into the real deal, full-blown, sand-castle-building beach holiday! After lunch, we armed ourselves with a little shovel, some plastic cups, and a good deal of excitement, and thus, we began to build ourselves a castle. It turned out not quite the prettiest of all sand castles which have ever been built, but on our little strip of sand it certainly was one of the largest around.

Sønderborg – Kappeln: A Trip Down Memory Lane

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I was in eighth grade when I went on a class trip to the small German town of Glücksburg near the Danish border. During that class trip, we went to a charming little town, Sønderborg in Denmark, and from Sønderborg we traveled via ship back to Germany, to a town called Kappeln (which wasn’t far from the place where we stayed). Why I’m telling you this, you wonder? Well, because today I went on a trip down memory lane. Today, almost exactly twenty years after I first visited Sønderborg and Kappeln, I returned – a little older and wiser, for sure – but just as thrilled. Of course, this time, we didn’t travel by bus and ship. This being a family trip, we had the convenience of a car, and a little more independence. So we walked the neat little streets of Sønderborg and learned all there is to learn in one day about Danish culture and lifestyle. (And to be honest, I wouldn’t have known the town from what I remember from twenty years …

Beach Play

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After work, we had more time to play at the beach. And after dinner today, we actually tried our hands at flying a kite. Wasn’t quite successful, and I would’ve liked to blame the wind for that. But, next to us a boy had a kite up in the air, which did a fine job at staying there, so I’m afraid it wasn’t quite the wind’s fault. Must’ve been the kite’s fault then, of course. Because what else could have been the reason for that thing always trying to come after us, and never wanting to be a dutiful kite which knows exactly what to do when let loose in the wind?

Beach Discoveries

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Do the photos look like the weather’s been a blast the last couple of days? Well, truth be told, weather conditions have been rather unsettled these days. Lots of sunshine, but lots of rain, too. Fortunately, I’m working on assignments most of the time, and when I finally get to leave books, notes, and the internet behind, the sun is out again, and I can venture to the beach without worrying about how to escape the water that comes from above. Here’s the discoveries I made today …