Before leaving Stendal, I did a couple of rounds over the old town. I liked the place very much, and wanted to memorise it from air, as well.
On my way home, I was going to make a stop in Sieksdorf, and visit the small town of Haffkrug by the sea:
Travemünde in the Bay of Lübeck looked spectacular:
The four-masted vessel you can see on the photo above is one of the famous sailing ships from Hamburg. Built in 1911, it is a museum now, a youth hostel, and a landmark of Travemünde.
I was welcomed to Sieksdorf airport, and got a nice parking place:
In Sieksdorf, I made a new friend. One German pilot told me, he was going to visit several Danish islands during summer, and I offered him my contact details, in case he would need help or just want to meet someone. It showed up, that pilot was from Lüneburg – and then it was my turn to tell him that I had just visited his home airfield and was going to come again. What a coincidence! I hope we can meet later this year, both in Denmark and in Germany.
I walked down to the beach, and to the first restaurant. They had local fish on the menu, and it was such a pleasure to sit on the sunny terrace, and enjoy the sea view together with the food:
After the meal – a long walk by the sea:
The small towm of Haffkrug was full of tourists. The weather was excellent, and all accomodations were sold out. Shops were open, and the atmosphere was very lively. Haffkrug is used to be a fishing village; it is one of the oldest seaside resorts in the Bay of Lübeck.
I had my coffee and apfelstrudel in one of the restaurants, relaxing and greatly appreciating this small break on my way home.
Walking back via the beach promenade, I adored all those typical German strandkorb (beach basket). I actually find them rather uncomfortable to use 🙂 but very charming!
Before leaving Sieksdorf airfield, I saw several small butterflies, and managed to take a picture of one of them:
It reminded me of the very first day of my Easter 2022 trip, when I saw a butterfly just before leaving. I thought it was a good omen to see it again at the end of my tour.
The last flight was so good – not a slight sign of turbulence, smooth air, and I felt I was so relaxed:
Flying by Heiligenhafen, I was thinking that every time I fly by, I tell to myself – I want to visit it. So why not do it soon? It is going to be by car (there is no airstrip, too bad!), but then one more dream is going to be fulfilled. It might not be as beautiful by foot, as it is from air – but it would be so nice to wander on those sandbanks:
My Aeroprakt functioned well during the tour; everything worked perfect:
Soon I was back in my home flying club in Holbæk. I was so overwhelmed with all those wonderful experiences I had during my Ester 2022 tour, I couldn’t believe I was so lucky with the weather. And I felt I could continue forever…
4 comments
Kære Natalie!
Det er noget af en oplevelsesrig Easter du har været på. Jeg er en stor beundrer af dine bedrifter.
Med stor flyverhilsen
Erik
Tak, Erik! Ja, det har været en rigtig god påske for mig!
Kærlig hilsen
Natalie
Dear Natalie,
hello again from Germany!. I am still closely following your flying stories and enjoy them a lot!!! They are the perfect travel guide for pilots – so much inspiration, thank you for sharing all that information and the beautiful pictures!
I specifically wanted to comment on one of your last posts – Haffkrug. You mentioned, that you would like to visit Heiligenhafen. I know that place quite well, as I am going there from time to time, mainly for business reasons. I justed wanted to let you know, that, as beautiful as it might look, those sandunes are not really accessible. You can walk the beach on the northern side part way towards the eastern tip, but approx. half way you will have to return, because most of that sandspit is a nature reserve with “No Trespassing”. Don’t get me wrong, I love that nature reserve as there are hundreds of birds breeding and feeding, it is just not very well suited for a nice walk. And what isn’t nature reserve is Private land. So in essence, there is only a short road going eastwards towards an bird observation tower and that’s it.
The small city Heiligenhafen does have it’s own charme, although, going by what you have seen in other places (Stralsund, Lübeck…), the charme might not hold up against your expectations, it is very small….Not suppose to be a discouraging note for your plans to visit, but rather some information.
Greetings from Germany
Andreas.
Hello, Andreas! Thank you so much for your comments! It is a pity those sanddunes are closed for the publuc – and understandable. We decided to visit Heiligenhafen anyway, going there on a long weekend trip (by car) in June. German seaside towns are so lovely…
All the best from Denmark!
Natalie
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