The Star’s first stop was in Rostock, Germany. While many of our fellow cruisers opted to take a 3 hour bus ride to Berlin, we instead chose to take a 10 minute complimentary shuttle to nearby Warnemünde. There really isn’t much to do in Warnemünde. Despite this, three large cruise ships were docked here (Costa, Aida, and NCL).

We strolled along the harbor promenade where we bought a couple of fish sandwiches for Valerie and a pastry for me. (When will I learn that Germany pastries aren’t tasty!?!) We stopped and gazed at the beachgoers on the sandy beach. Unlike the sunbathers in Croatia and Slovenia, these vacationers were mostly fully clothed because of the cold temperature, gusty wind, and overcast sky.

After about 4 hours, we’d seen all of Warnemünde that we wanted to see and headed back to the ship for a nap followed by a sea day! I love sea days.