Wochenende = weekend

On both Saturday and Sunday I underestimated what a nice day is was outside and it took me longer than it should have to get out of my room and enjoy it. On Saturday, I was on my way to Primark, at the mall across town. When I was changing strassebahns (trams) in the city center, I ran into a festival going on outside the town hall. I don't know what the performance was, something funny from the look of the costumes, but there were food stands all around.


Half meter bratwurst

Heart shaped cookies

On Sunday I went for a bike ride around Burgerpark. Priya lent me her bike while she was away in Amsterdam, and I had a nice ride. Burgerpark is great because there are lakes, streams with beautiful bridges, biergartens with live music, exercise trails, horses, just so much. It can feel like you've left the city once you leave the street. Feeling inspired after my bike ride around the park, I decided to go back to the guesthouse and grab my camera and plan a longer journey.

It's a one speed, one LOUD brake, magenta framed biking machine!

A few days earlier I came across the wiki page for Wätjen Castle, and looked it up on google maps - about 10 kilometers away. I wrote down the directions, which took up an entire page. German streets like to change names every few hundred meters or so.


I headed out and took a few pictures along the way.

A nice day and view of the Weser

These two don't look so happy.

But this fellow sure is!

And this chica is furious.

After more than an hour's ride, getting lost once, and one embarrassing wipeout, I finally arrive at the correct address:

All I can say is this: where's my damn castle?