kamien pomorski, pomerania, PL

our idea how to spend a part of a cold day at the baltic was to visit the museum of stones and gems in kamien pomorski (former german name was cammin) at the arm of the ocean / 'river' dziwna (diewenow) in pomerania (pommern). well, the museum was closed for 3 weeks and would open just in few days again ... this is what i meant telling you our experience about being somewhere completely out of season in my blog about dziwnow / baltic sea, you remember?

the gems museum is located in the old city gate-tower

we have spent a huuuuge amount of time in cammin, anyway. first we have found a toilette in the town hall ;o), touched the dziwna water in the port, had a lunch and with all that gained energy walked all over the historic city center, over the port and over the looooong bridge to the island in the arm of the ocean dziwna. no, it was not the huge island wolin (wollin). we also listened in the church to a mantra sung / prayed by about 20 old women, spent some time shopping for food + clothes + souvenirs ... we left kamien pomorski by night :-)
there have been few nice old buildings too, but also many new ones probably built after the WWII fights in which 60% of the city center was destroyed ...

 the former gate and the fortified tower is a museum today 

town hall 

 let's feed the birds and fishes in the port

 two of us

 bridge over troubled water?

 back to the city center

it was very new and interesting for me to listen (half an hour?) to the mantra 'performance'. thanks goodness was my polish good enough to understand its meaning ...

this church was closed due to reconstruction

all in one

more pictures here

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winter at the baltic sea ~ dziwnow, PL

we have finally arrived at the baltic sea in the village of dziwnow (former german name was dievenow) on the island wolin (wollin) in northwest poland (pomerania, pommern)... in winter, you better expect wind, rain and even storm when at baltics, my dears 😄

the baltic sea, all in one collage

well, it is interesting to visit a tourist area completely out of season ... ghost city is probably the best description for what you get. and yes, ghost cities have a specific charm, indeed :o))

dziwnow by google maps

 our hotel stary dziwnow (old dziwnow)

omg, what a big trees do they ram into the sand in order to protect the coast from wind & waves

best of all wives :-)

 what about a short swimming exercise in the ice cold winter sea? YES, YES, YES :-)

two of us

 miedzyzdroje. gruby? do they mean me or some other fat guy? polska :O)

good-bye, baltic ...

more pictures here

pictures from our summer trip to the baltic sea here

baltic sea (poland)

after eastern germany was the baltic sea (ostsee) coast in western and central poland on our agenda. it was not easy to move forward as the roads were completely not capable to absorb that many tourists. the overwhelming majority of tourists were from poland, we have met furthermore few germans and czechs.

seagulls in love?

after we overcame the traffic jam horror, the parking slot drama and found one of the very few still available accommodations (we were for sure not picky, my dears), it was really nice out there. it was a sharp contrast to the people empty uckermark, if you asked me. at least it was easy to find restaurants and bars, the people in poland seem to understand business really good :-). the weather was almost all time nice and especially not too hot. few weeks earlier was it forbidden to swim in the sea because of some bacteria or algae due to much too hot water, you know? but yes, in the baltic sea it is not easy to swim because the waves are to big. we have also swum in the lake(s) at the island wolin, but we preferred to walk at the endless beaches more than the lake(s) ...

our stops were: wiselka and miedzyzdroje at the island wolin (wollin), mielno, poganice, lebork (lauenburg), wladyslawowo, the peninsula HEL (my favorite destination on this track section), ...

 wiselka, wolin

 mielno

lake jamno (jezioro jamno) near lazy, koszalin

break for breakfast in a castle hotel/restaurant/museum nostalgia in poganice

lebork (lauenburg)

back to the traffic jam, back to the coast:

wladyslawowo

what a rainbow :-)

hel peninsula

good-bye, baltic

more pictures are here.

the diary of our whole holiday journey is here.

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