The Baltic, Berlin and Traffic Cops?????

Well Day Two got off to a terrific start, with a Danish Farmer's breakfast served by our innkeeper.  She served us freshly baked breads, homemade jams, some farmer's cheese, juices, fruits, veggies, meats and even some sunny side up eggs.  And what we couldn't finish, Doret packed up for us to take.  For unexpected guests, we were treated rather nicely!

So rested and sated, we headed south to the tip of Denmark where we would catch the ferry to Germany.  That part of Denmark is really nice, especially with the weather so temperate right now, and we passed through many quaint, interesting little spots.  We even found a great little farm with an authentic windmill that was so cute we were compelled to get off the road and drive over to it to take a picture......hopefully they took it as a compliment instead of an invasion!

We got to the southern tip of Denmark in the late morning and boarded the auto-ferry to cross this narrow part of the Baltic and get us into Germany.  The ferry was packed full, apparently it was winter vacation time in Denmark and there were many families headed over for vacation.....including a really nice Swedish family who shared our table on board and were headed to France to ski.  It was a fast hour trip and we were off in our little car again.

One of the places we planned on stopping for a visit was a historic town named Lubeck...a medieval German village that has now grown into a small city, but still has many of the old buildings and roads.  It was really special and we learned some valuable lessons there....not so much about history, but about the present.

Apparently this sign means......no cars....no driving here.....even if it looks like a perfectly fine place to drive over so you can get close up photos of really cool old boats, don't do it.  Don't do it because even though it might look like a street to three women from Texas who are determined to get a better shot of something interesting, it is actually, instead, just the patio and walkway area for a huge auditorium and as with most auditoriums, they really don't like people driving around on the sidewalks.  Oh well, lesson learned.  On a positive note, for a short time we didn't have irritated drivers behind us wishing we would move on a little more quickly.......as a matter of fact, we didn't have any drivers at all behind us.  Go figure, guess they all understood the sign.   Not to worry though, we got the shot!

After Lubeck we had about a two hour drive to get to Berlin.  I passed the time looking at scenery and entertaining Mom (Barbara) and Aunt Joyce with great stories.  As you can tell by the selfie I took, they were fascinated by my stories!

By the time we checked into our hotel in Berlin, just blocks away from Checkpoint Charlie, we just had time to grab a bite to eat and hit the sack.  We were excited to pick up Tita in the morning, but the weather has her delayed a day (that is all we hope) so we will have to entertain ourselves an extra day until she can get here.  I know Mom and Aunt Joyce can't wait to hear more of my stories.