Kiel, Germany was the first port of call on our Baltic cruise after setting sail from Copenhagen. To be honest, I wasn't expecting too much since I hadn't really heard of the city before. We only ended up leaving the ship to use the wifi in town basically since internet on cruise ships is ridiculously expensive. Much to our surprise, Kiel ended up being a nice place. The city has a population of around 240,000. We took a stroll around the area of town near the cruise port and did a bit of shopping.
A lot of people on the ship ended up taking the train from Kiel station to Hamburg (around 1.5 hours away) but we didn't want the hassle, as we wanted this vacation to be more relaxing than the ones we usually go on. In town we stumbled across the typical German things like pretzel carts, Birkenstock stores, food trucks selling currywurst and huge sausages on a bun, and of course - the biergarten. When in Germany, why not go to the biergarten? It always seems to be beer o'clock in this country. We sat outside people watching and using the free wifi there. While we didn't spend time seeing major tourist sites, we enjoyed our time relaxing in a quaint city in a country that I always enjoy travelling in. No complaints!
A lot of people on the ship ended up taking the train from Kiel station to Hamburg (around 1.5 hours away) but we didn't want the hassle, as we wanted this vacation to be more relaxing than the ones we usually go on. In town we stumbled across the typical German things like pretzel carts, Birkenstock stores, food trucks selling currywurst and huge sausages on a bun, and of course - the biergarten. When in Germany, why not go to the biergarten? It always seems to be beer o'clock in this country. We sat outside people watching and using the free wifi there. While we didn't spend time seeing major tourist sites, we enjoyed our time relaxing in a quaint city in a country that I always enjoy travelling in. No complaints!
This seems like my kind of vacation!
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