sailing through eckernförde bay.
on our 3rd day in eckernförde the sun finally peaked out and we decided to check out some beaches in the area not very far away from eckernförde, a tiny one in karlsminde and another one in schönhagen. we stayed in karlsminde for quite some time. enjoying the change of clouds and sun, watching boats and water sport enthusiasts.
it was still quite cloudy, but the sun soon fought her way through it all.
it's always amazing what kind of mood immediately starts to arise as soon as the sun's out. the water brightens up and with it, your mood.
i always love the cloud reflections on the water, especially on windstill days.
white sails against the blue.
a trawler returning from the sea.
cormorant quickly emerging out of the water to check out the world and breathe in some air before diving back under to fetch some fish.
we stopped at another beach later on, way up north near the inlet of the schlei river in a little village called schönhagen. sat down for more relaxation and also making a walk along the beach.
looks like someone wasn't really trusting the paddle board.
putting my feet into the sand is one of my favourite things to do.
close up of the sand. i love the black grains of sand inbetween all the 'normal'-coloured sand.
found some dead mini crabs.
size comparison. my father's hands ain't that big, but this little crab makes it look like they are.
some terns having a conversation.
i absolutely love seaweed. especially the dry stuff. walking over it creates this crunchy sound and it also scares up teeny-tiny little flies and i don't know, this always equally mesmerizes & disgusts me. also, dry seaweed smells fantastic, so tart & salty. i have good memories of seaweed. when i was a little baby of abour 1 or 2 years old i would always sit on the beach very focussed and stern and arrange/sort out the weeds from one side to the other. my mother still tells me today, that i was very into that kind of activity and always had a huge smile on my face when i felt like i was done with the sorting. there's even a picture of me in existence in which i can be seen doing my favourite baby activity whenever we were at the baltic sea. i will try to conjure it up for you and put it up in the next post.
and it creates perfectly outlandish landscapes!
after our two beach stints we sat our feet down onto the soil of the small town of kappeln in the region of anglia. kappeln is situated at the north bank of the schlei inlet, which is an arm of the baltic sea that parts the landscapes of anglia & schwansen. schwansen is the area between eckernförde bay and anglia. so three regions in a relatively close proximity, right? kappeln can be reached in about half an hour from eckernförde, so there's really no excuse to visit it and take a look at the schlei ( or even make a boat tour to schleswig, the most inward point of the inlet ). this is the bridge you have to cross when you want to take a stroll in the old inner core of kappeln. it's called the schlei bridge and is a double counterpoise bridge built in 2000/02.
this is the schlei princess, a beautiful paddle steamer that brings tourists to several places along the schlei inlet. we decided to do a schlei boat tour later on, and had initially hoped to make the trip with this ship, but we ended up with a different one. more on that in a later post.
i loved the whole design of this steamer! really beautiful, and it felt so vintage, even though it is a modern ship built in 2014.
the PK magazine, which is now a hotel & venue for diverse occasions, was initially built in 1935/36 by heinrich hansen ( remember him? i mentioned him in my first baltic sea post as the builder of the round silo in eckernförde. seems like the guy was a specialist in magazine building - and you can also see a resemblance in style ). it's been renovated around 2006 and got a contemporary coat, with lots of glass and steel. i actually really like it, it still has the charm of the 1930ies but with a very modern touch!
the hall next to the magazine seems to be some kind of venue, but i couldn't really find any information about it.
i have a thing for colourful fishing sites. nets & boxes & other materials neatly tucked away.
c.a. jensen dockyard building. it was built around 1908 but it's not used for ship design anymore.
some of the yacht & boat piers of the northern harbour.
this boat was named uschefant, a mix-up of uschi & elephant. i don't know why though. i still like it.
another shot of the dockyard building. there was a little pathway leading up to another street which we used to make our way back into the city.
passed by some neat little facades.
aaltürme ( eel towers ). they are good advertisement for a local fish smokery. they're not really towers, but actual chimneys. the smokery is over 100 years old and you can still buy freshly smoked fish here.
can't get enough of these norther brickstone houses...
and can i get a 'hell yes' for this beautiful overgrown building?
some great decorational elements on the facade of the local bank institution.
we moved onwards again back to the southern harbour, where you can find big sailing ships and an oldie harbour ( why, yes, with really old boats & ships docking on the piers ). this is the gotland, a gaff schooner from world war II. quite a majestic ship, isn't it?
pippilotta is another sailing ship, formerly a lugger from the 1930ies. it's mainly used for sailing trips with kids & teens, and fulfills educational purposes. and if you wonder why it has the curious name of pippilotta: it was named after the famous pippi longstocking.
these ships are sitting right next to the schlei bridge.
not far away you can find this little ticket counter. it's part of the vintage train museum.
old passenger wagons on the train tracks of the museum.
i don't have a lot of knowledge about trains, but i still like old technical relicts. those wagons were pretty cool and apparently from the 1920ies! unfortunately there were no locomotives in sight.
spider web splinter in the conductor window. i guess if you leave the wagons outside they are prone to get vandalized from time to time...
in the far back of the train track plot you could take a sneak peak at more old train-related structures.
we finally ended up at the harbour with the vintage boats.
i loved walking over the planks of the piers. there's something about nautical design that's deeply resonating with some feeling inside me.
a view over the schlei.
this place was so peaceful. there were some old men having small talk in some of the ships and it contributed greatly to the whole scene. the old sea dogs always have this special kind of singsong in their voice, especially when they speak in northern low german accents. i love it!
arny maud from 1904, the first granny we saw on the pier.
journeyman is a yacht that was built in the 1980ies. loved its wood optic.
quite a romantic ship, isn't it?
a long-boat with quite a lot of instruments. or are the instruments actually belonging to the mother boat? i can't really differentiate. i have as much clue about boats as i have about trains, ha.
the fortuna was a cargo sailing ship before its current use as an educational ship for disabled and handicapped persons. it was built in 1909, so this is a real granny, y'all.
i loved the sand-coloured deck of this super old ship. and all the old devices and gimmicks!
nice skylight details.
some more ships at the end of the pier.
and returning to the fortuna. all that nautical action on here is giving me big heart eyes.
i don't know anything about this ship, except that i really like the anchor, the yellow colour and the line FIX.
after reminiscing about taking some sailing tours in the future, preferably with vintage boats & ships, we made our way back to the city center.
the sight of this little dolphin concluded our evening trip to kappeln. but we would soon return!
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