87 km per hour winds, and rain most of the time – the kind of weather which, according to the lady who came to clean my room, the locals call “stay-in-bed weather”.

Still, after a morning of exercises, and waiting a little while for the winds to subside, I ventured out, initially just to visit Kunsthaus Sankt Peter-Ording, currently with an exhibition of works by Armin Müller Stahl – one of my favourite German actors, so a man of several talents – in addition to their permanent collection (photo).

After that I kept walking, took time to study the shops along the way (bought a piece of clothing I had earlier sworn I did not need), and got as far as the bordwalk to the main beach. By the way, just where the boardwalk starts is an institution, I think, in Sankt Peter-Ording, GOSH frequented by locals, semi-locals, semi-tourist and tourists alike, all year round.

On the way back, I stopped for dinner in https://www.spo-fischhaus.de/ and had a delicious pasta with a load of giant shrimp and a hint of chili. I had previously tried a couple of their Fischbrötchen, and they were equally good.

Total distance walked: 13,5 km – not too bad for a (weather-wise) “stay-in-bed” day.