Tuesday Market Stege

Out first day on the island started with a little project. We tried to put together a bunk bed in one of the guest huts

Unfortunately we did it wrong and had to try again a few days later. 

In the afternoon we checked out the Tuesday market in Stege - the main town on the island. It was the last one of the summer - which had finally arrived on the island.

We found a parking spot not far from the old church

At one stand we spotted a huge dog - a Danish breed - that was very friendly

The city gate is one of the oldest in Denmark

In the evening we had a great dinner Ji had cooked

Trip to Denmark

We have been fortunate enough to get invited by our friend Beth to her summer house on the Danish island of Møn. We have been checkimg the weather in the last weeks and it didn't look too good which is why we have bought rubber boots and rain gear for all of us. But when we started out trip on the first weekend of Mia's summer break the forecast looked much better

Because we had to catch a ferry and traffic can be really bad around Hamburg we only drove to Lübeck on Sunday which is one hour away from the Puttgarden where the ferry is leaving. It was raining when we arrived but after dinner it was nice enough to go for an evening walk on the river Trave next to the hotel.

 On Monday morning we stopped at a grocery store for some extra shopping since everything is more expensive in Denmark. There was a traffic jam at a construction site at the bridge to Fehmarn on the way to the ferry but we made in on time.

The crossing to Denmark took 45 minutes

A ferry on the way back to Puttgarden passing us

 

 

 

 

 After another 90 minutes on the road we arrived at Beth's summer house

 

 

The sleeping quarters for the guests were in separate huts

Evening Bike Ride

On a warm summer evening another bike ride through the fruit and vegetable fields in the Handschuhsheimer Feld north of the city.

Right now the sunflowers are in bloom

 

A garden with old fruit trees

A break by the side canal of the Neckar

Only three days of school left now

Bridging to Cadet

Unfortunately the girl scout camporee at Zwingeberg on the Neckar was canceled this year due to Covid. At least al the Heidelberg girl scouts were able to meet for the bridging ceremony at a private garden in Ziegelhausen.

Before everything started the girl could make use of some playing eqipment

 

Then it was time to start. First he flags where set up

Then the awards were given

Then Mia bridged from Junior to Cadet - the procedure slightly changed to follow social distancing rules

Mia wearing her new khaki Cadet colors.

Bike tour to the Hockenheim race track

Today we went for another bike tour towards the Hardtwald - the forest on the sandy soil in the Rhine valley south of Schwetzingen. This time we wanted to check out the area around the Hockenheim race track the site of Formula 1 races and other car and motorbike events.

On a grassy area close to the race track Mia spotted a fox

Unfortunately we didn't have a camera with a telephoto lens

There are many biking and hiking trails in the forest

The 80 years old race track was made smaller a few years ago. The former east curve is now a quite forest clearing

Rothenburg op der Tauber

Our next trip went 2 hours East - to the romatic town of Rothenburg op der Tauber in the west of Bavaria. With all the foreign tourists gone we thought it might be a good time to have a look at the city

 The main square

A tourist shop with Christmas decorations

Another fountain

 A walk along the old city walls