Friday, February 17, 2012

Peenemuende - the contrasts

We first visited the north eastern German beach resort of Usedom in July 2009. It was great to come back to the Strandkorbe on the wide beaches and one day we decided to cycle the length of the peninsula. We caught the train north to Peenemuende harbour where I saw my first U-boat submarine. It was a very flat harbour with water views for almost 270'.
Almost 2 1/2 years later, we decided on a spontaneous winter visit. We decided to go back to Peenemuende to check out the harbour. It had been cold for several weeks, so I knew there would be some bits of ice.... but nothing prepared me for the expanse of solid ice.
A completely white river mouth and harbour and everything suspended, waiting for the return of the water...

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