Schwerin; Saturday, 28 July, 2012

Breakfast completed I headed out of the hotel and down to the lakeside to pick up the open-top tour bus of the city for a look around. I took one full circuit of the tour and then wandered back over to the market place to have a look around there and then into the cathedral.

I climbed the cathedral tower for some stunning views over the city and the inner lakes and after a quick pause for lunch that’s where I headed next just making the 2pm lake cruise.

After sailing around a couple of the city’s lakes I headed over to the Schloß to look around the museum and then the gardens and orangery.

I then went for a walk in the wider Schloßgarten that lead away from the palace. By the time I made it back to the castle it was already getting quite late so I headed back to the hotel to freshen up and then headed out for dinner.

With it being a particularly warm and muggy night I decided I wanted to eat outside and thankfully, Schwerin had plenty of places offering this, including the very nice beierkeller that I ended up in (so not really a bierkeller, more a biergarten).

Stuffed to capacity with various sausages I went for a brief wander through town to take some night photos, pausing briefly to fill up any remaining empty space in my stomach with a very nice Italian ice-cream.

Then it was back to the hotel and to bed to try and sleep. Something that proved close to impossible.

I started with trying with the windows open, but then found I was surrounded by mosquitos. I spent the next 30 minutes gradually reducing the mosquito population of Schwerin by a considerable amount and of my room by 100%. So to avoid any further mosquitoes, and after a nice cold shower, I tried to get some sleep, but the room was just too humid and hot.