It is, very close to the main summer vacation time and that means more travels ahead.
And there are, also in Germany, lot´s of new things to explore, definitely!.
For example a new departure airport, ok, ok, nothing else expected!.
Do you know, that the whole country is well covered by the almighty Deutsche Bahn and it´s reliable, ever ontime and never overprized ICE and IC long distance trains?.
The whole country?.
Sure, as long as you don´t have a view for the far northeastern part of Germany.
Here is the, by the time, one and only long distance train service running in direct competition with the Deutsche Bahn.
So expect some planes, trains and ships here.
Interesting?.
And this is, well nothing else expected again, an as early as possible Saturday morning departure!.
Saturday, 21.07.2012
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Service airberlin AB 6526 operated by LGW-Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter
Scheduled: 06.25 // 07.40
Oh yes, as early as possible!.
Up at 03.00 am.
All participants on the way for the airport.
My son joined me on this trip.
P0 for the car, it seems it knows the way.
OLCI is done Friday afternoon, no print out as usual.
There is a bag to check-in, the chance to catch the boarding pass, done in a minute at the Gold counter.
The fare secured by Lastminute.de is 65.00 Euro´s per pax.
No time to wait at security.
And the BA One World lounge for the two of us now
Well, only for the two of us. No one else around this early Saturday morning
The offers today
Top of the board it is
Hey, I should fly these Skyteam livery someday soon
Apron boarding from gate 331. Nothing else expected, sure, with the Dash on schedule
Something new?
No, it isn´t. Done D-ABQD once before on MXP-STR.
Anyway leg no. 28 on type
The top notch prop.
11 degrees, cloudy and light rain now.
Hopefully better up the northeast
Ten examples are in the actual fleet and this one is delivered new at 10.11.2008
6.25 am, perfectly ontime, "Walter" on the go, 1.00 hour for Mrs. Merkel´s homebase.
Well, legroom is sufficient here!.
1AB for us, granted by the nice FA, late boarding, you know!.
Dark blue, clean so far leather seats.
The load is 70% this early morning, no suits to see
Cockpit crew is from Germany, the pilot with a short welcome after boarding is completed and short again during approach later on.
No route info. Flightlevel is 23000 feet.
By surprise we´re doing a short cut for a "Zero-Seven" departure against all the other movements running at "Two-Five".
But the Dash is really quick to leave this place.
Forward view
Cabin crew is two female FA´s,
both young, one biz friendly to say the least and the other one cute, blond and nice.
The AB group safety card
Hiking anyone?
Service AB style together with free drinks
Turning for Berlin, TXL also this time
Somedays, who knows really when, should I try these airport
City view with the former Tempelhof airfield in the middle
Touchdown at the good 'ol 3023 meters "Two-Six-Right". 12 degrees, partly cloudy, but anyway
the weather looks like much better in Berlin today than in Stuttgart
Under the wing, you know
The TXL bus shuttled us for the main train station.
The fare 2.30 Euro´s and 2.40 Euro´s
Where we spent some time in the warm sun to spot the movements
By the way, much more time than expected here. This trip is originally booked for BER with more time to connect from the outskirts to the main train station.
Any idea what is behind these german flag in the distance?.
Ok, ok, the place where the boss, also when it is a woman this time, spent our hard earned money
That´s the most interesting movement, coming in all the way from Russia via Belarus and Poland
Really oldfashioned equipment
Some clouds coming up
Done these ride some time ago
Down for the very ground floor it is now.
This is the Interconnex long distance service running from Leipzig via Berlin to Rostock.
Competition is good for the customers, so it seems. The fare 10.00 Euro´s only per pax
And when you leave the basement you´re soon thereafter in the wide, nowadays less populated Eastern German countryside.
And as far as I like it to fly above, it´s my second love to ride it on the train
Close to Waren-Müritz and the thousand lakes
Well, there is someone up there who makes the decisions.
This is an all eco service, no first class on offer.
Seats are selected by the system.
And where are we seated?.
It´s a leased in train from the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn
The very last carriage is first class on the NOB equipment and imagine who has the very last row?
Agricultural land close to Rostock
The engine
By now to the NOB, wait, sorry, Interconnex!
Heading for the hotel by public transport, of course.
The daily ticket, free to go on all services is 4.60, 3.30 Euro´s.
The tram shows us the way for Rostock Apartments.
This is not a cheap place with 120.00 Euro´s B&B, but worth it, close to the main place
It´s a fully equiped property with a separate living room
The bedroom
A large bathroom
And kitchen
Like this one
Meeting anyone?
How to spend the remaining day in Rostock?.
3.40 and 2.40 Euro´s later we´re in Bad Doberan,
to ride another special service, the fare 8.00 and 6.00 Euro´s.
What about scheduled on an steam engine train?
This is "Molli" running as far as Kühlungsborn at the Baltic coastline
And believe it or not, they are operating beside these original historic engines a some five years ago only, new built steam machine. The very first new built steam engine in Germany after lot´s of years, manufactured by DB´s Dampflokwerk Meiningen
Bad Doberan, where "Molli" has a separate station.
Train surfin
Historic carriages
Riding down the pedestrian zone
Along the houses
Close by
Down the avenue
Till Heiligendamm
Steamy engine
Another one coming in. Changing the trains now
Power
Take care about the traffic
The advantage of the last carriage
It looks like this passenger enjoyed the ride also.
"Kein Übergang, kein Aufenthalt während der Fahrt".
Good this time, that my german language skills are so basic!
3.40 and 2.50 Euro´s later and we are
back at the hotel in the evening.
A short sleep and ready for breakfast
A new day, new adventures?.
What about a visit to one of the most recommended seaside towns, Warnemünde?.
By the train of course and this is also a cruise ship harbour with the rides around the Baltic sea
Let´s take a sunny seat, protect you from the sunburn at the harbour entrance and have a view to the movements, isn´t it?.
Something rusty coming in
Scandlines, that sounds like from Scandinavia
Well, looks like heavy used
Different types of ships around
Sure, we know this is Mecklenburg and Rostock
Closer to the big ship
Well, very close
Riding the ferry
This is huge
Also this way
No, this is not Holland and also not America
But anyway, it´s the "Eurodam"
There is also a rusty Maltese registered Pullmantur cruiser docked
This one looks like better
And the tiny ferry
Back to mainland or where is the mainland?
Beneath the Eurodam
Looks like really massive
The dutch guys at work
Well, what´s coming up when you enjoy you´re sunny seat and some heavy harbour workers driving by?.
Also an interesting ship
Turning
"Meteor"?
The rusty scandinavians on the go
And the Meteor coming closer
Very close
Traffic
Now this is really a special ship.
Operated by the "Ministerium für Bildung und Forschung" by the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft".
Riding around the world down till Antarctica with the most special secret activities and coming back home only from time to time
Well equiped
And finally docked in
Let´s have a view into Warnemünde town. Looks like nice, isn´t it?
And this is really Germany?
Believe me, it is!
Back for Rostock now
Where the sun is also resplendent
The main place
The town hall
And the "Steintor"
This looks like typical hanseatic style
Time now for more flying, isn´t it?.
There is a very less frequently running bus shuttle for the airport, but anyway fitting for our departure later on.
The fare 8.20 Euro´s per pax.
Sunday, 22.07.2012
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Service 4U 2063 operated by Germanwings
Scheduled: 17.10 // 18.30
Is this Rostock-Laage airport?
Yes, it is!
The massive departure board
Some technics exhibition
The airy terminal, no lounge here by the way
With some historic planes
Also home of the Jagdgeschwader 73 "Steinhoff"
Booked here by Germanwings directly.
The fare per pax 60.00 Euro´s sounds ok with a Sunday afternoon flight and lot´s of vacationeers on the way.
OLCI worked well and the papers are printed at home this time.
No time to wait to check-in the bag and also at security.
Now that´s a stylish follow me car
LH coming in from FRA
And docked
Helvetic delayed for ZRH
And 4U inbound from STR
D-AKNQ it is, the scheduled A319
LH on the go for FRA delayed after some problems with the front cargo door
Boarding from 2B for what looks like a good load
5.25 pm, 15 minutes late, "Germanwings" should go now, 1.00 hour for STR, departure from the 2520 meters "One-Zero".
22 degrees and a few clouds only.
By now to Rostock-Laage airport
Leg no. 84 on type here. Nothing new, done on STR-WAW and SJJ-STR before.
The plane is in service since 18.02.2000 with US Airways and Germanwings.
32 A319´s are in the actual fleet
Hah, jointly used by military and public services
Departure close to the seaside
The fully loaded cabin, weekend travellers all around. Dark grey leather seats, clean so far, legroom is acceptable here
With us in the very last row, 25EF and the aisle seat open
Cabin crew is three female FA´s.
One middle aged and nice,
one young and nice
and one young, cute, ponytail, black hair, ah, supernice.
Service is the standard BOB scheme.
The safety card
Cockpit crew is from Germany.
The FO with a short info inflight only.
No route or flightlevel details.
Approach for "Zero-Seven",
back home at STR, 6.30 pm, ontime, 19 degrees and also here a few clouds only.
Good bye to the well maintained masterpiece of german engineering D-AKNQ
The car is where it should be, waiting eagerly for the drive to the homebase, where we arrived not that long thereafter.
Three weeks to go now till the next trip, for the airport with it´s own wineyard!.
Conclusions?. Sure!:
LGW STR-TXL: Calm and comfy upfront seating.
Germanwings RLG-STR: Comfy and calm also in the last row.
Servus, don´t forget the comments, if you are obliged to do one!. "FLIEGER67" or also this time "Markus Klaus Felger" by Facebook.
sultanils From Belgium, joined Mar 2010, 1211 posts, RR: 29 Reply 3, posted (8 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 5014 times:
Hello Markus,
Thanks again for another episode in your 'Neverending Stories' By now I would have thought you'd logged all German airports, but apparently not. Great to see RLG featured here, it's very uncommon.
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 4, posted (8 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4871 times:
Hey and good to see some comments.
@P.:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 2):
Great report . Nice that you still take your Son along and spend some special trips together .
Love the Eurodam pics I was on the inaugural and just love that ship.
As always thanks for a lovely read and photos.
Thank you and sure that Eurodam cruiser looks like great.
@N.:
Quoting sultanils (Reply 3):
Thanks again for another episode in your 'Neverending Stories' By now I would have thought you'd logged all German airports, but apparently not. Great to see RLG featured here, it's very uncommon.
infodesk From Switzerland, joined May 2006, 1256 posts, RR: 33 Reply 5, posted (8 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4740 times:
Hi Markus,
So, another report, another trip away, somewhere new to visit. And really nice to see you on the road with J again. That was a well thought out father-son weekend: planes, trains & boats.
CaptainRed From Germany, joined Oct 2010, 588 posts, RR: 19 Reply 7, posted (8 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 4532 times:
Hi again Markus.
Wow, Rostock, your travel destinations are getting more and more exotic these days ...
Anyway a cool little father-son-trip you have put together here, nice variety of means of transport, well done.
Interesting to see that AB flies the Walter Dash on the route to TXL, I would have expected something bigger on that route (isn't it operated by a 737-700 usually?).
Also nice to see the pictures of this steam train ride. Love it how the train runs through the city streets there.
Pretty impressive terminal building in RLG, given the amount of traffic is has. They even have glass airbridges, nice.
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 9, posted (8 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 4491 times:
Hey, good to see more comments.
@H.:
Quoting infodesk (Reply 5):
So, another report, another trip away, somewhere new to visit. And really nice to see you on the road with J again. That was a well thought out father-son weekend: planes, trains & boats.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 5):
Super to see train running through the streets like this. It reminds me a little bit of the Chur-Arosa line, there it’s a similar set up.
Chur-Arosa, interesting. What about a Swiss vacation?.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 5):
Nope, you’ve got me there, absolutely no idea what that means!
Quoting infodesk (Reply 5):
And a nice delay for 2L right at the top!
So it was.
Quoting infodesk (Reply 5):
Stylish car for a stylish Swiss plane.
That´s it, definitely.
@lychemsa:
Quoting lychemsa (Reply 6): I always wanted to visit Northern Germany. Thanks for the pictures.
Was Rostock part of East Germany?
Thank you and sure, you´re welcome.
It was with Rostock, former eastern Germany and not far from the polish border.
@M.:
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7):
Wow, Rostock, your travel destinations are getting more and more exotic these days
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7):
Anyway a cool little father-son-trip you have put together here, nice variety of means of transport, well done.
Thank you.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7):
Interesting to see that AB flies the Walter Dash on the route to TXL, I would have expected something bigger on that route (isn't it operated by a 737-700 usually?).
It is up to the A321, but not this time.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7):
Also nice to see the pictures of this steam train ride. Love it how the train runs through the city streets there.
Sure a nice experience here.
Quoting CaptainRed (Reply 7):
Pretty impressive terminal building in RLG, given the amount of traffic is has. They even have glass airbridges, nice.
Imagine my surprise here.
@R.:
Quoting roberts87 (Reply 8): That was a fun read as usual, with some nice destination pictures too.
That steam train ride sure looks like fun!
Thank you.
Quoting roberts87 (Reply 8):
That's BER I assume? Weird to see such a finished looking airport all empty...
It is and nobody knows really more about it these days.
adamspotter From Netherlands, joined Feb 2011, 813 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (8 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 4267 times:
Hi Markus,
Great report as usual with many nice pictures! That is a part of Germany you don't see very much so its great to see a lot of pictures of it, well done!
You have 1 good looking son there, great idea to go a weekend away with him. Is he just as crazy about airplanes and travellingas you
The 2 flights look good and comfortable as expected!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): So expect some planes, trains and ships here.
Interesting?.
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 11, posted (8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 4141 times:
Hoi, B.,
Quoting adamspotter (Reply 10):
Great report as usual with many nice pictures! That is a part of Germany you don't see very much so its great to see a lot of pictures of it, well done!
You have 1 good looking son there, great idea to go a weekend away with him. Is he just as crazy about airplanes and travellingas you
The 2 flights look good and comfortable as expected!
MSS658 From Belgium, joined Oct 2010, 2256 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (8 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4036 times:
Hello Markus
Great to see the Baltic Sea from the German side, it looks like a very interesting place to go one day.
I really like the mini tram heading in town and the Rostock harbor. Scenery looks pretty great as well
AB, 4U and DB looks like they pleased you. However the croissant is a bit small IMO on the STR-TXL leg.
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 14, posted (8 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3949 times:
Hey, more comments, nice.
@L.:
Quoting The777Man (Reply 12):
Another great report! Flying looks okay but very nice pictures from Rostock and Warnemunde!
Looking forward to your next report!
Thank you.
@M.:
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 13):
Great to see the Baltic Sea from the German side, it looks like a very interesting place to go one day.
I really like the mini tram heading in town and the Rostock harbor. Scenery looks pretty great as well
AB, 4U and DB looks like they pleased you. However the croissant is a bit small IMO on the STR-TXL leg.
Thank you and sure worth a visit. Also my opinion with the snacks on AB these days.
airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4068 posts, RR: 51 Reply 19, posted (7 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 3365 times:
Markus & son
great report of a nice weekend out of town. Well, it seems you're away a lot of times lately. Good to follow your ride on the trains via Berlin also. I wasn't aware of these other companies on the German track. Indeed, some competition can lower the prices. You could've selected DB on the same line btw?
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Thread starter): Somedays, who knows really when, should I try these airport
Do you invite us again then?
btw, lovely Eurodam pics. Always a good feeling to see these large ferries sailing under Dutch flag
Regards
Eric
"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going"
FLIEGER67 From Bulgaria, joined Sep 2003, 4423 posts, RR: 56 Reply 20, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3271 times:
Hoi, E.,
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 19): great report of a nice weekend out of town. Well, it seems you're away a lot of times lately. Good to follow your ride on the trains via Berlin also. I wasn't aware of these other companies on the German track. Indeed, some competition can lower the prices. You could've selected DB on the same line btw?
Thank you and sure DB is running on the same route here in direct competition.
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