Awoke at 1 am, and it was actually reasonably dark outside. We were cruising past Langeland, but all I could see were a few flashing lights at intervals. Pity I missed the bridge at Nyborg, that would have been interesting to see.

Anyway, awake again at 3.15 and getting light, so once again headed upstairs to see the sunrise. Not as good as not many clouds around. Stood at the front for a long while as it was lovely out, a little fresh, but no wind. We went into the harbour area for a fair way and then did a 180 degree turn around and headed back out to our berth, which we had passed on the way in. Lots of gulls flying around and one even joined us for a rest and a preen. Breakfast was completely different to yesterday, long queues as there were some all day tours to Berlin, so people having to leave early. My tour wasn’t until 10, so watched harbour happenings for a while, lots of ferries and other ships to see. Sat out on the pier for a while waiting for the bus, very fresh there as the wind had picked up and the seats were in the shade!

Very nearly had a munzee disaster as once we left the vicinity of the ship and its wi-fi, my sim kept saying no data which was not right. We did a drive through Wundemünde and then headed to Bad Doberan to see the monastery. Whilst there I called the help line of the sim card and fixed it, phew.

Then on to Rostock, where we had a drive around the city and saw some of its old defensive wall and gates. 7 is an important number here, 7 gates, 7 spires, etc and the mayor serves for 7 years. We had a walk around the market square and then back to the ship for a late lunch and a laze, dinner and then blog. I’m actually going to do a first for any of my cruises, I’m going to watch a film on the TV. (It usually only get turned on to take a photo of our positional map.) But the latest How to train your dragon movie is on at 8 and hopefully I won’t fall asleep before it’s finished!

 Hitchhiker Monastery at Bad Doberan 7 spires of Rostock All the 7’sRoom with a view