Friday, September 05, 2003
Taking off, final release
From Gomadingen to Rostock's "Überseehafen" (both is in Germany), including a little roundtrip through Berlin, it is 942 km. I had an average fuel consumtion of 6.6 l/100km.
Everybody who has the chance to take a ferry to another country should definitely do that! It is a great experience. I took the superfast VIII, built in 2001. It has room for 626 passengers, 900 cars, a sauna, a whirlpool, sleeping cabines, a casino, a bar, a Havana Club Card Lounge, conference rooms, two duty free shops and several dining rooms. All together it's 203.3 meters long and it has 10 decks.
Looking out of the window from inside the sauna(!) I saw us passing many other ships. We were going super fast: 30.4 kn.
The boat trip from Rostock, Germany, to Hanko, Finland, took 21 hours.
Driving a car in Finland differs a lot from driving a car in Germany. The roads are twice as wide. It's just like in the states where you go steady and smooth, 80-100 km/h. It is pure defensive driving. Three hours after arriving in Hanko, I moved into my room in Tampere. My room mate Katja had already prepared everything.
P.S.: I haven't seen an moose yet.
Everybody who has the chance to take a ferry to another country should definitely do that! It is a great experience. I took the superfast VIII, built in 2001. It has room for 626 passengers, 900 cars, a sauna, a whirlpool, sleeping cabines, a casino, a bar, a Havana Club Card Lounge, conference rooms, two duty free shops and several dining rooms. All together it's 203.3 meters long and it has 10 decks.
Looking out of the window from inside the sauna(!) I saw us passing many other ships. We were going super fast: 30.4 kn.
The boat trip from Rostock, Germany, to Hanko, Finland, took 21 hours.
Driving a car in Finland differs a lot from driving a car in Germany. The roads are twice as wide. It's just like in the states where you go steady and smooth, 80-100 km/h. It is pure defensive driving. Three hours after arriving in Hanko, I moved into my room in Tampere. My room mate Katja had already prepared everything.P.S.: I haven't seen an moose yet.
