divelandy
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1-May-11: Beautification, liberal labor laws and launches...
Today was an important day in the Polish calendar for 2 reasons:
Result #2, there is no charge for the ferry crossing!
Just outside Swinoujscie, surrounded by pine forrest, i passed the German border and back into Euroland. The road to Peenemünde was not very interesting, mostly an agricultural landscape along the back roads. My Garmin 660 took to right to the entrance of the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum. This facility was setup in the 1930's to develop liquid fueled rockets and guidance technology. The only remaining buildings are the power station with crane and conveyor for coal (pictured below) and the remote power station control room which is in a bunker.
I found it poetic that they had a V1 aimed at the remaining facility. The rock is a memorial to 10 Russian POW's including Mikhail Devyatayev who escaped in a German He111 aeroplane, were shot down, but landed safely in Russia and spent the rest of the war on the front-line or in prison as traitors!
The coal station is used to tell the story of the facility and reflect on the subsequent uses of the liquid fueled rockets and guidance technology that was developed in Peenemunde - long range nuclear weapons and the space flights.
Spent the afternoon heading into Hamburg. Checked into a Starbucks for WiFi access and a hot chocolate. Immediately received abuse from Matt Cull, a former Hamburg resident who commented on my sexual preference and said i should be drinking beer in St Pauli Eck (whatever that is?).
Stopped off to take some photo's of the remains of St. Anthony's - another casualty of WWII
Met up with an Ixie - David Eyre and then headed back into Hamburg using their nicely integrated bus/train system for a beer. David took me to some of Matt's old stomping grounds - zur Ritze and St. Pauli Eck.
Today was an important day in the Polish calendar for 2 reasons:
- Pope Jean Paul II was beautified. Lot's of crosses all across the countryside were decorated to commemmorate the event
- Germany no longer requires Polish (or other recent members of the EC) to obtain a work permit before being employed in Germany
Result #2, there is no charge for the ferry crossing!
Just outside Swinoujscie, surrounded by pine forrest, i passed the German border and back into Euroland. The road to Peenemünde was not very interesting, mostly an agricultural landscape along the back roads. My Garmin 660 took to right to the entrance of the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum. This facility was setup in the 1930's to develop liquid fueled rockets and guidance technology. The only remaining buildings are the power station with crane and conveyor for coal (pictured below) and the remote power station control room which is in a bunker.
I found it poetic that they had a V1 aimed at the remaining facility. The rock is a memorial to 10 Russian POW's including Mikhail Devyatayev who escaped in a German He111 aeroplane, were shot down, but landed safely in Russia and spent the rest of the war on the front-line or in prison as traitors!
The coal station is used to tell the story of the facility and reflect on the subsequent uses of the liquid fueled rockets and guidance technology that was developed in Peenemunde - long range nuclear weapons and the space flights.
Spent the afternoon heading into Hamburg. Checked into a Starbucks for WiFi access and a hot chocolate. Immediately received abuse from Matt Cull, a former Hamburg resident who commented on my sexual preference and said i should be drinking beer in St Pauli Eck (whatever that is?).
Stopped off to take some photo's of the remains of St. Anthony's - another casualty of WWII
Met up with an Ixie - David Eyre and then headed back into Hamburg using their nicely integrated bus/train system for a beer. David took me to some of Matt's old stomping grounds - zur Ritze and St. Pauli Eck.
. Meeting up with my freinds and parents, we ended up at Elke and Bernt's for a BBQ. Long live the BBQ King!
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