Germany 2022 : 2022-09-13 : Barge: Wolgast – Szczecin

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Tour Barge to Szczecin $0.00 Today you will spend all day on board. You will cross the expansive waters of the Bay of Szczecin (Oder Lagoon) and reach Szczecin, the green city on the mouth of the Oder and one of the largest ports on the Baltic Sea. The reconstructed castle of the dukes of Pomerania situated in the city’s historic centre is worth seeing.


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It is kind of a cold and drizzly day today so Brent and I are sitting inside as the boat takes us to Szczecin. Irmgard and her husband, Ulrich, joined us for a nice long chat.

When we get to Szczecin, there will be a two-hour walking tour in German, which Brent and I are not interested in. Instead, I have researched the ‘Red Route, which is a walking route through the city, and prepared English materials for us so we can make our own tour.
The plan for today was that folks would spend the day up on the roof of the boat, including lunch, but the weather was too cold and drizzly, do we spent the day indoors.

We reached Szczecin around 3:30pm, and the other passengers went on a walking tour while Brent and I made our own tour. We tried to follow the ‘Red Route’ walking tour that I had painstakingly researched this morning, but there’s so much construction in town right now that we couldn’t easily follow the route. Instead we ‘cherry picked’ what we wanted to see and went directly to some places, and followed the ‘Red Route’ when it was convenient. We probably saw about 30% of the total walking tour, but what we saw was great. The city is beautiful and we had some great, dramatic dark skies that threatened to rain on us, but really just enhanced our photos.


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