Last Saturday, Melli (from Eichede, long term best friend) arrived for one week visit. She had been here once, to my birthday (2 years ago) and didn't see much of this lovely city and it surroundings..... and me.
This first eve we took a walk to the harbor and grabbed a delicious ice cream at Ricardo's on our way. At the harbor we got on the Poeler Kogge and had a little tour on our own through this impressive ship.
On Sunday we got on the bikes and drove off to Poel. It is a 13 K's ride through the landscape and adjacent to the coast of Wismar. Very nice. It were about 30°C (~87°F) but the wind helped a lot, not to collapse or something else.
After about an hour we reached the peninsula and rode on north to Gollwitz. Here we took a break and got into the water. The bike road is directly next to the water and we had a wonderful view over the baltic sea.
We went on to Kirchdorf and ate lunch, a fish sandwich. The harbor of Kirchdorf was a bit disappointing: it was so small! I don't know why, but somehow I thought it would be a bit bigger and more for tourists. Anyways, we went further west to Timmendorf Strand and had another swim break. Then, we took a different road back to Kirchdorf. Through some cornfields and along the coast.
Late afternoon, we decided to ride back to Wismar. Our bottoms were delighted to hear that decision.
The sun was still shining very bright on us and our last water were drank some K's before we reached Wismar.
All in all was it a great day and I've seen some interesting and beautiful places on Poel which I haven't seen before. Back home we had a look on the map and added the K's we rode, 55 in total. That doesn't sound too much, but Melli hasn't been on a bike tour in ages and so do I.
Monday was the day of my Master interview here in Wismar.
But before, Melli and I went a little bit shopping. Now that we have the H&M here its much more fun.
At 2:45pm was my interview, so I was called into the room at about 3:15pm and sat in front of three of my former Professors. Great I thought. Before the interview some of my student colleagues told frightening things about how the interview might go. I hate this. But they got me afraid as well. So, I went in and ........ everything went quite good for me. They were asking barely questions instead they talked about my grades and me being in the states and wanting to study in New Zealand ..... after 10 minutes they told me that they are proud that I want to continue studying here and I was in. Easy.
Meanwhile Melli was chatting outside with Claudia, she was right behind me to have the interview. She made it, of course. :)
Later this day, we were sitting at the balcony and drank some beer, talking about this and that. I think it was also on Monday when we saw '50 first dates' with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Nice movie.
Tuesday, due to the sun, we spent most of the day at the beach. We took our bikes to Wendorf (about 15 min.) and drove to the end of the cliff line. There were only a couple of people and loads of swallows. The day ended quiet on the balcony and with 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' a movie with Robert Downey Jr.
Wednesday was a bit cloudy and rainy, so we decided to do some cultural things. We took off for the Schabbelhaus - Museum, took a tour of the 80 Meters high Marien - Church - Tower, and got into some more shops in the city center. In the evening the sun came out and we went to the harbor again. It was Melli's last evening here so we got ourselves another beer and spent the evening talking.
[Most of the time when I am visiting my parents it is over the weekend. Unfortunately there are only three or less days for me to visit my friends. So it comes that we mostly meet at Melli's house with everyone. See, rare time for private talking.]
I truly enjoyed this week with Melli and the time we spend together ...... I hope it won't take us another two years to repeat something like this.
On Thursday Melli and I drove off to Eichede. I had an appointment in Bad Oldesloe in the morning. Melli was waiting there for me and later we spent some time in the city. It's a long time ago since I've been walking through this (I'll call it) town. I used to live there for ..... think...... 18 years. Wismar is twice as big with 45.000 pop
My parents are living in Eichede as well, which is about 20 minutes away from B.O., so Melli and were back in the car together. Because of the beautiful day we were sitting outside for another coffee enjoying the afternoon in the garden.
Friday, Melli Kay and I tried to spent the day at 'Großensee' ( a lake nearby). After 2 hours the clouds managed to frighten us and the little thunder noises did as well. We paused at a grocery in the village and the rain pored down like there is no tomorrow. I love that smell, when its hot all week, days and nights....... and then comes the rain only for some minutes........ the smell that's the best!
The rest of my weekend was spent with my parents at their house. Relaxing at the terrace, talking, cooking good food ( I have no kitchen in my flat) and doing not that much........ lovely!
Sunday, my Mum and I visited my brother and his wife. They're also living around in the next village. We had some coffee and cake and nice chatting together.
Back in Wismar......... its colder, rainy and still no kitchen.....(but we do have a stove)
