Goodbye Schleswig
It's been good to have a couple of rest days, and, while the museum at Haithabu was very impressive, it's clear that the city has seen better days. It is full of empty shops, the buses stop running at nine and there are very few places to to stop and watch the world go round over a coffee.
On our last evening, Kerstin and I, were lucky enough to get the connecting bus, that eluded us the other day because the driver was at the wrong stop and changed the number just as he set off! The bus took us down to the harbour and to the part of town called Holm (means island) next to harbour. Definitely the quaintest part of the city, and with roses in front of the houses reminiscent of Sweden, and we even stumbled across a restaurant that we hadn't heard of. Looked pretty nice, but the kitchen was already closed - at 7:30 in the evening - but the waitress ran another restaurant round the corner and we got a table there.
Beetroot salad, piroggi, chicken breast and dorsch.
The starters were good and the fish and chicken were well cooked, but the side dishes and sauces were less impressive.
Then it was already time to go back. We just missed the bus from the harbour but it's not too far a walk up up the bus station.
I hope things improve for Schleswig. The Schlei - which is neither a river nor fjord - is a beautiful part of the country where it's easy to switch off and relax.