Since we had a car, and have been down south yesterday, we wanted to take a break from all the history and monuments, and drove up to Baltic Sea. Our destination was a town of Stralsund, which we found on an overcast day showing off its cute houses like newly done dentures. At first it was all very nice, but it looked--too new!
Half of the town is under construction, being dedicated a UNESCO site, and is being restored, like this City Hall, which is undergoing massive construction works inside.
The other half had this colorful facades, almost without a sign of wear and tear, or being lived in.
Tourists moved around, locals were constantly rushing, bumping into the tourists. All the hectic atmosphere we found so unusual for a small seacoast town, where usually life slows down.
Hungry, and frustrated with this, real-time Legoland town, we drove down the coast in search for a less-active environment to eat, and rolled into Greifswald. I know the picture looks the same as the ones up here from Stralsund, but the atmosphere was completely different. Greifswald is a town of around 50,000, with a university, which is obvious from the number of young people strolling, or biking about. There were almost no tourists, and the town seemed less made up than Stralsund.
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