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Germany 2022 : 2022-09-05 : To Wismar

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Type	Name	Service Provider	Origin	Destination	Cost	Notes	Actions
Train	Hamburg to Wismar		Hamburg	Wismar	$36.62	€9 Ticket is done. We have to pay full price now. Sigh. - RE 4311 to Schwerin - RE 63971 to Wismar

Accommodation
Type	Name	Service Provider	Confirmation	Location	Cost	Notes	Actions
Bed and Breakfast	Great Panorama Without Kitchen	Airbnb			$268.00	Cost is for three nights

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Since we first got sick we’ve been sleeping a lot. Afternoon naps and long nights. Until Friday, when we both stopped feeling a need to sleep so much. Yesterday we traveled to Hamburg, checked in, went for a walk, had lunch and beer, and then crashed, hard. We laid down around 4pm and didn’t get up again until 6am. I guess we’re still fighting some residual effects. Today I contacted our tour company about what to do if we’re still testing positive when the Bike and Barge starts. They indicated that we should remain in quarantine, which is different from what I’ve seen on the government websites, but that plus some gentle questioning from a long lost cousin has me wondering if we’ve been doing the right things. We quarantined for the required five days and then we quarantined for a few bonus days until we were both asymptomatic. But now I’m wondering if we should have quarantined until we both test negative. We tested this afternoon and I was negative (to our surprise, because I have some residual symptoms) and Brent was positive (to our surprise, because he does not. We’ve moved on to Wismar, anyway, and we’ll quarantine Brent until he tests negative, hopefully within a couple of days. Properly navigating this whole thing has been very complicated. We can’t just ‘go home and isolate’. When we discovered I was positive we had just arrived at an Airbnb which was only available for three nights. We had to go SOMEWHERE. We chose to go camp in a place that was close to where we would need to be on Sept 10th in case we ended up sick right up until the day. Camping was good for isolation because we were off in our own ‘unit’, as it were, but we still needed to use bathrooms and get groceries. Once we were asymptomatic and had quarantined for the required number of days, we felt we could move around more freely. That seemed to be supported by the German government and the cdc… but… was it really? We don’t know. We’ve done our best and we hope for the best. This shit’s complicated when you’re traveling!
The whole town of Wismar is a UNESCO site. Here’s what the ‘Most Beautiful Places in Germany’ website says about it: Sat on Germany's Baltic Sea coastline, Wismar is a weekender's delight. With its colourful and characterful buildings (evidence of Swedish rule during the 16th and 17th centuries), Gothic architecture and old harbour, the once powerful trading port is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wismar’s picture-perfect looks have long lured filmmakers too: its harbour famously featured in the 1922 Dracula movie Nosferatu.

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Since we first got sick we’ve been sleeping a lot. Afternoon naps and long nights. Until Friday, when we both stopped feeling a need to sleep so much. Yesterday we traveled to Hamburg, checked in, went for a walk, had lunch and beer, and then crashed, hard. We laid down around 4pm and didn’t get up again until 6am. I guess we’re still fighting some residual effects.

Today I contacted our tour company about what to do if we’re still testing positive when the Bike and Barge starts. They indicated that we should remain in quarantine, which is different from what I’ve seen on the government websites, but that plus some gentle questioning from a long lost cousin has me wondering if we’ve been doing the right things. We quarantined for the required five days and then we quarantined for a few bonus days until we were both asymptomatic. But now I’m wondering if we should have quarantined until we both test negative. We tested this afternoon and I was negative (to our surprise, because I have some residual symptoms) and Brent was positive (to our surprise, because he does not. We’ve moved on to Wismar, anyway, and we’ll quarantine Brent until he tests negative, hopefully within a couple of days.

Properly navigating this whole thing has been very complicated. We can’t just ‘go home and isolate’. When we discovered I was positive we had just arrived at an Airbnb which was only available for three nights. We had to go SOMEWHERE. We chose to go camp in a place that was close to where we would need to be on Sept 10th in case we ended up sick right up until the day. Camping was good for isolation because we were off in our own ‘unit’, as it were, but we still needed to use bathrooms and get groceries. Once we were asymptomatic and had quarantined for the required number of days, we felt we could move around more freely. That seemed to be supported by the German government and the cdc… but… was it really? We don’t know. We’ve done our best and we hope for the best. This shit’s complicated when you’re traveling!

The whole town of Wismar is a UNESCO site. Here’s what the ‘Most Beautiful Places in Germany’ website says about it:

Sat on Germany's Baltic Sea coastline, Wismar is a weekender's delight. With its colourful and characterful buildings (evidence of Swedish rule during the 16th and 17th centuries), Gothic architecture and old harbour, the once powerful trading port is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wismar’s picture-perfect looks have long lured filmmakers too: its harbour famously featured in the 1922 Dracula movie Nosferatu.

Photos

Camper City at PierDrei hotel
Lanterns on a street in Hamburg
A pig overlooks a canal in Wismar
One down, one to go…

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