Since “…… probably not contagious from day ten, despite symptoms” is the best science can offer, I decided to try to break the groundhog day theme of having exactly the same symptoms every day for ten days, with one exception, ignore the fever, and take the IC to Rostock and visit the exhibitions in Kunsthalle Rostock, and then proceed to Warnemünde to walk on the beach, stare at the sea, and breathe some sea air. One of the few things I miss from Denmark.

Rostock Art Gallery is idylically situated overlooking a lake with quite a busy bird life, as well as the usual, depressing human footprints. Or perhaps some of it was actually just pollen. The exhibitions were interesting (a photo exhibition by Olaf Heine entitled Ruandan Daughters, and works by Clemens Krauss and Gregor Hildebrandt).

Unfortunately, there was some kind of harbour festival in Warnemünde, and the crowds made a walk on the beach a bit of a nightmare, if not impossible. I realised that I usually go off-season and have sometimes had the beach almost completely to myself – the way I like it :-).

Still, it was a nice day out, and the train trips were comfortable and relaxing, and the whole thing did not make me feel more ill than before the trip, just tired, which I guess was to be expected. At one point, when I felt I could not walk another step, I hopped on one of the many one-hour harbour cruises on offer.