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In the Land of Victors

Published by Sula H.

They call it the land of victors – the area where I spent part of my childhood. These days, I had a chance to go back there to visit with family and I got to get a “taste” of  the typicalities of that area. Yes, when I mean “taste” I mean that we actually went out for a delicious meal. But when I say taste, I also mean that the restaurant we went to was very special, because it was designed according to the typical architecture of the area. So, I can truthfully say that I got a double taste of the victor’s land – a culinary and an architectural one. Take a look at what I mean:   Interior design of the place: Interior design (yes, that’s inside the place, not outside as it looks):

Bye Bye Ocean

Published by Sula H.

We survived the storm of this past night (not that I thought we wouldn’t, lol). And we survived it without any damage to our belongings (though during the night I kept wondering whether the wind would sweep away my pants which I had hung outside for drying after it hadn’t gotten a bit wet yesterday when we played at the beach). It was still there this morning. And now, the time has come for us to move on. So today, we packed our things and headed back home. But not before I took one last little stroll at the beach to say good-bye:

Wind and Surf

Published by Sula H.

Sadly, I have to say that our time at the Baltic Sea is coming to an end. And since we’ve been out and about every day this past week, for once, we decided to stay and spend a lazy day at the beach. And while the morning was nice and comfortable, as the day progressed, the wind began to pick up and by nightfall, the beach was just one windswept strip of sand, with whitecapped waves rolling in and crashing against the shore. But I’m not someone to complain. I love conditions as these, and so I had my fun watching the white crest waves heading towards the shore, and allowing the wind to tousle my hair.  

Kingly Manor

Published by Sula H.

Well, it wasn’t always always a place for royal offspring – the castle in Eutin. Originally built by some bishops, only later it began hosting crowned heads of European monarchy. Residing not far from Eutin ourselves (though in much plainer circumstances), we decided to visit the castle and see for ourselves the splendors of the place. Of course, we completely missed the signs that say you have to pay extra if you want to take pictures (and despite us having our cameras out in the open, even the friendly person at the register failed to inform us about the fact). So, we almost got ourselves into trouble when we were caught taking pictures without the respective ticket permitting us to do so. But fortunately, we were able to avoid greater disaster by simply paying the small fee and so no harm was done. And of course, now having paid for the photos, it’s only right to share them with you …  

As in Days of Old

Published by Sula H.

We’ve been seeing a lot of different things these days. Today, we decided to explore life in this area as it happened in the days of old. There’s an open-air museum not far from here, in a little town called Oldenburg, that’s where the journey took us today. We saw the ways in which people lived more than a thousand years ago, visited their houses, and learned quite a bit of life in these parts of the world before the middle ages. Of course, Oldenburg, too is worth a little visit, with its little streets, and neat pretty houses.