Day 9 Rostock to Cuxhaven.

Day 9 Rostock to Cuxhaven.

Today we travelled from just north of Rostock (Warnemunde) on the Ostsee (East Sea) to Cuxhaven on the Nordsee (North Sea) to spend a few days with Maritta’s relatives.  The day started once again quite wet and windy.  The country is green and lush with all the new spring growth.  The locals however are fed up with the rain and want the summer to start.

Lunch stop in Itzehoe

We decided to stay on B roads as much as possible and travel to the North of Hamburg, avoiding the city completely. We passed through the towns of Bad Doberan, Wismar, Grevesmuhlen, Lubec, Bad Segeberg, Itzehoe (which has the most amazing ice cream palour) to Brunsbuttel.  This also meant we had the opportunity to travel up the east side of the Elbe River and look across the mouth to the port city of Cuxhaven and then drive down the coast to Gluckstadt where we crossed by ferry to the west side of the Elbe. 

Blunsbuttel - view across Elbe to Cuxhaven

Unfortunately the weather stayed wet and cloudy so we couldn’t see a great deal across the Elbe, but it was a very nice drive through mainly cultivated land.

 

Ferry crossing over Elbe from Gluckstadt

Surprisingly the ferry crossing was very smooth and took about 25 minutes.  The rain however stopped us from venturing out on deck.  We did note that the GPS had some difficulty with the river crossing.  Once across we drove to Cuxhaven.