The northward trajectory of the trip peaked at Arjeplog, Sweden near the Arctic circle (66 degrees north). We viewed the midnight sun from Mount Gaultipoudis and had a Swedish "fika" (coffee and pastry) at 1 a.m.
Currently I am in Kiel Germany watching the sail boats come in to Kiel harbor from my apartment window. This is start of "Kiel Week" a week long celebration of sailing with boats the size of sunfish to three-masted schooners plying the waters of the Baltic sea. The scene from my window is placid, but it is a different story along the promenade by the harbor. Basically it is a mile-long collection of bratwurst stands, beer halls, live music every 100 yards, and drunk Germans. Just think of a Penn State tailgate on massive quantities of steroids and beer. I can report that Duckstein bier fresh from the tap perfectly complements a bratwurst. A Konig's pilsner also quenches one's thirst while watching boats and babes. And, a good schwarz bier goes well with listening to an Irish folk band.More later. Auf weidersehn!
5 comments:
Where's die Fischfotographien?
What a treat to get a report from a fellow Pro Staffer in das Vaterland! If by chance or design you meet up with the Baron von Behr or his Fraulein, please bring back 2 milk cans of his Salmo trutta fingerling's for stocking Beech Creek.
Glad to see you're having a good time and travel safely, Matt.
Ich bin ein Berliner.
Glad to see you're still alive and kicking...
So how about some sort of a fishing report? Or are you too busy with the Fraulein’s ???
Stay safe and have fun.
Wish I could say I have had the time to fish. But, its been work, work, work! The one fishing outing I had planned was a bust.
See you guys in Kalispell in August (if Delta airlines keeps it together. Heard they are eliminating University Park service in September).
I just read in the CDT where Delta is now trying to run their Pratt % Whitney turbofan engines on Oskar's fermented herring.
Truth is stranger than fishin'.
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