Fully Vaccinated

Four weeks after her first shot Mia got her second one today - and another trip to the pizza place in Kircheim we like. Her friend came along as a special guest and the young ladies shared a tiramisu for desert

Wismar

We had planned to also stay a few days at the Baltic sea but all hotels were booked in the third week of August - because of the pandemic many people stayed in Germany for their vacation and no rooms were available on short notice.
We still made a day trip to the hanseatic city of Wismar about 100 km east of Hamburg at the Baltic sea. It was raining when we left Hamburg but luckily the sun came out when we arrived

A street in the old twon

The St Georgen chruch

After the bombings of World War II only the tower is left of St Mary church and the space of the former church is a space with the outlines of the former building

There is also some art

Street in the old town

Time for lunch by the harbor

 Old Salt Gate - an old city gate by the harbor

 
Of course we had to try the Ferries wheel

More streets in the old town - which is a UNESCO world heritage site

Church of St. Nicholas

Market

Walk along the Alster

The weather was cool and rainy but we still went for a walk along the Alster in the afternoon.
First we went to a famous Curry Wurst stand on Mönckebergstrasse in the center of Hamburg

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Luckily there was also some sun

We walked all the way to the northern end of the Alster in Winterhude

Canoeing seems to be quite popular if there even is a sales window for customer that come by canoe

A fancy neighborhood with expensive cars and restaurants 

We just had Döner for dinner but it was really good

Birthday Lunch

On the birthday of our host we were invited to join the family and a friend for a lunch at a venerable hotel right at the inner Alster. On the walk over there Mia took some selfies:
Dammtor train station - where Ji arrived by train from China many years ago:

At the inner Alster

We had to wait a bit outside the hotel for everyone to arrive

Waiting for the first course

Desert

Group photo after lunch on a 92'nd birhday

 In the evening we went for a paddle boar ride in the Alter lake