Snapshots and photos from our June 2019 trip to northern Germany
Getting There
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- View of Treasure Island from the Airbus A380 as it takes off from San Francisco and turns east
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- Our trusty rental car
Buxtehude
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- This cat looks like she knows something
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- Bakery on the canal
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- Flowers along the street.
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- The Heidebad outdoor pool (Freibad)
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- Photographing people without their permission at the Heidebad is forbidden
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- Finding the Heidebad was an adventure – this rough road is the back way to the pool
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- Buxtehude City Hall. Flags from left to right are European Union, Germany, State of Lower Saxony, City of Buxtehude.
Panorama from on top of the levee near Jork. The Elbe river is on the right of the photo.
From Buxtehude to Behrensdorf
Traffic jam (Stau) along the A1 approaching Hamburg
Map of the area around Behrensdorf
Behrensdorf
A stand of trees in a field just outside Behrensdorf
View from the balcony at our guesthouse apartment
Lütjenburg
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- St. Michael’s Church. Construction began on this church in the 1300s.
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- A dog enjoys the morning sun in the doorway of a shop
A field just outside Lütjenburg
U-995
For a small admission fee, you can walk through the submarine U-995 which is located on the beach at Laboe.
Panorama of the submarine.
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- Forward torpedo room
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- Engine telepgraph shows the various speeds for the electric and diesel motors
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- Conning tower
Stein
Panorama of the beach at Stein
A field of red poppies in Stein
Hamburg
Rathaus (City Hall)
The Binnenalster (Inner Alster Lake), a man-made lake on the Alster River in Hamburg.