I live in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, which is located in the north east corner of Germany. The state has thousands of lakes and the Baltic Sea access in the north. It is sparsely populated and very peaceful. My house is located in the southern part of it, and is surrounded mostly with farmland and little clamps of woods. Winters here are not very beautiful and there is not much to do in winter but ride bicycle. We are surrounded by very good bicycle paths crisscrossing for hundreds of kilometers. One can ride comfortably to the sea or big cities like Berlin from here. It is much better to do this during spring or summer of course. These seasons are amazingly beautiful here. The two summers I spent here were mostly sunny and warm. August was almost too hot, but lakes, which are everywhere, make heat more bearable. They are clean and there are no crowds to fight for space on small, sandy beaches. I attach the photo of the lake in a small village of Krugsdorf which has a camp site, a golf club and is therefore more busy than villages around it. My friend took this photo in August on Sunday. No people except us two and our dogs. “My” lake outside my house has a resident otter that my friend filmed early in the morning last autumn. I was told that they settle in clean waters only, which is comforting to know.
I like to pop in to Ueckermünde, the pretty, old port turned into a tourist destination. It has a very rich history, a pretty beach, a little port packed in summer with boats and many historical sites.
The castle photo above was taken in Penkun, a little town with my “local” grocery shop. The castle, like many historical properties around here is in the process of being renovated. Penkun itself is tiny and very pretty. It has the lake of course with a camp site and basic shops, an old church, a small square, doctor’s surgery and a big school. I often think that once I’ll get very old and wobbly I’ll move there.
Lakehaus Lebehn 