And Here She Is...

We had a free day Saturday. It was kind of odd to be left alone in a foreign country, however we managed just fine. We hit the grocery store first. Germany is super into recycling and renewable energy, which means you bring your own bags. We knew that part. The part we didn't know was that Germans are very fast people. While you are paying you are expected to bag it yourself while people are telling you to hurry and you don't really understand. It was surely stressful the first time!

However we found the beach! Kiel is right on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It's about a 20 minute bus ride from our dorms. It's a straight shot-or would have been if we were on the right bus. We road teh 91 line to the end. The driver turned around and said "schwimmen gehen?" and we said yes. He more or less told us we were on the wrong bus and told us 502 instead. That bus was a straight shot.

Everyone we spoke to said we were lucky. It has been raining her for the last month. However, we had 25-27 degree C weather. Which is hot. Not Utah hot, but about 85-90 F. Plus it's very humid here, so it feels sticky. The beach was nice. The water was really really cold. Like 42-45 F cold. There is also a lot of jellyfish. Moslty they're harmless. Ther plain ones are OK. The ones with red tenticles are not. The kids play with them on the beach. Mind you 1/3 of the children don't wear bathing suits and the adults change onthe beach no problem. But is was fun none-the-less. Only a few minutes after getting back to the dorms there was a downpoor. Happens here nearly every day about 5 pm. The germans say we are on the start of a heat wave and are glad. The rest of us liked it in the 60's and 70's.!!!!