Although it was not 'champagne weather' today, we moved on to Grömitz. The wind was 12 to 15 knots, but it was directly 'side on', which for us is the worst direction as the waves make the boat roll quite a bit. We solve that by steering either slightly upwind or slightly downwind, which is extremely effective and makes it perfectly acceptable - you just cover a bit more distance. After about 3 1/2 hours we got to Grömitz. This is a typical German seaside resort (Kürort, they call it). The marina is huge, modern and very well equipped but full of local yachts and even at 1:30 pm it took us some time to find a berth and then one from which it is really difficult to get from board.
After we had lunch (and no, we could not make coffee 'en route'), we walked over the promenade and reflected on how different Germany is from Denmark. Denmark is laid back and relaxed. Although there very clearly are rules, these seem to be there to help people's enjoyment. And the rules are not 'in your face', everyone seems to know them and abide by them.
Here, in Grömitz, everything is superbly organised. Signs everywhere. Do this, don't do that. Regulations galore. But not to serve the enjoyment of the visitors. You even have to pay (€3) to go onto the beach! Of course it is all very clean. As is Denmark.
There is nothing 'wrong' with Germany. The good thing is that people actually obey the rules and things work. But relaxed and laid back? No, that's not German.
In a future post, I'll try to talk a bit more about Denmark.
For now, the plan is to go to Lübeck tomorrow (reservations recommended, so I sent an email and promptly got a confirmation). It is supposed to be a really nice old Hanseatic town, so we may well stay there an extra day.
Sorry, no pictures today. The boulevard here looks a bit like I expect the Spanish 'Costa's' to look. And that's not really worth a picture.
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