Hannover Rina: Beach and birthday

The weather has been scorching hot lately, temperature reaching 40 degrees at its height during the day. Dekat office and rumah sama jer panasnya sebab no air-con. Days are normally without any wind so rasa macam duduk dalam oven. Bukak tingkap, pasang kipas, doesn't help much sebab the air itself is very warm. Kalau tak tahan sangat pergi lepak kat supermarket frozen food section...nyamannnnn.....

Yesterday, on the recommendation of my German colleagues we went to the beach to escape the heat. The nearest to us is the one in Timmendorfer Strand on the coast of Baltic Sea some 2 hours car drive away. It's a calm stretch with sandy beaches as compared to the more notorious North Sea beaches. True enough, there were hardly any waves, kalau ada pun just small ones. Pantai yang landai sampai ke tengah so much that it feels like you're in a lake. Weather was super hot the day we were there, tak terpijak pasir kalau tak berkasut but the water was still wee bit cold. However once inside after the initial plunge, it felt good berendam. If only we brought pelampung tilam then can baring-baring, being lulled to sleep by the minute waves.

When we first entered the beach area I rubbed my eyes hard. Almost everybody was not only topless but stark naked. Nak tak nak redah jugak but cautioned Hakeem not to make any funny remarks. Rupa-rupanya we took the very entrance for nudists...heee...heee...so we moved quickly to the "normal" beach section sebelah. We just wondered tak der perasaan malu ke with the "thingies" bergayut-gayut here and there. Siap main beach ping-pong berlari ke sana ke mari. Nenek as old as my Opah pun tak ketinggalan...terketor-ketor with kedut seribu berjalan towards the water in all his/her glory. Actually "normal" part of the beach pun still ramai yang topless tapi better la kan dari tak pakai apa. Apparently according to my German friend it's quite a normal thing for some to go in the nude dekat beach here. She herself has parents-in-law yang like that so whenever they have a beach holiday she has problems tak tau nak letak mata dia kat mana bila bercakap dengan pa-in-law dia...ha..ha...

Here are some of the pictures we took :

These 2 are the "normal" part of the beach where we were seated. Tak sanggup nak post the more interesting part of the beach.

Ada sorang tu yang sayup-sayup tu rasanya tak berbaju dan seluar. Sila teka yang mana satu?

Look at the water....sungguh tenang, quite clear tapi banyak seaweed. Hakeem agak geli so asyik nak duduk atas riba Mama while Mama happily berendam. Air kurang sikit sejuk dari air peti ais but once in it feels good especially with the hot sun above.

The seaweed

Enjoying our picnic bekal...nasi lemak daun pisang on the beach.

This is the Ostsee Spa located right on the beach with slides, jacuzzi and all types of swimming pools. We chose to go there so that senang nak freshen up after melengeh-lengeh mandi laut. Happened that we spent more time here than the beach coz they have lots of fun stuff plus we were shielded from the scorching sun. Entrance fee pun amat reasonable if you take the Family Card, 43 Euro for the five of us. Abah sempat tidur almost 2 hours beside the pool on the deck chair.

My baby kepenatan after a day in the water. He slept all the way back to Hannover. He played non-stop dengan Angah. Such joy to see these two brothers. Adik very much look up to Angah, sikit-sikit ask Angah's opinion and Angah pulak so sabar melayan soalan2x and kerenah Adik.

Today is Imran's 15th birthday. Hadiah dah beli 3 months ago so hari ni dapat kek jer. We had baked cheese cake with melted Daim chocolate topping, chocolate fondue with strawberries, cherries, apple and tembikai as well as Ben & Jerry chock fudge brownie ice-cream. So in short, it was a very, very chocolatey day which added to our flabs. Urghhh....what the heck! After the guilt, Syirah and Mama brisk walking around the lake in the hope of melting away some fat....ha..ha...fat chance ler kut, more like jalan lenggang kangkung macam itik pulang petang. Syirah asyik suruh Mama increase speed and lari...haihhhh...Mama tak larat ler! Stopped by the lake yang ala-ala Tasik Permaisuri tengok Mat Saleh swimming there alongside the ducks and swans. k-anak depa yang girls siap lumur badan with the green slimy mud from the bottom of the lake....adakah boleh melicinkan kulit??? Idak ler teman nak cuba! After sun-bathing (yes, ada yang topless) ramai yang had a dip in the lake although the water looks quite murky. We all tak sanggup lagi setakat ni nak mandi kat situ but tadi macam dah tergoda sebab weather was especially hot. So setakat rendam-rendam kaki. Weather forecast kata this is just the beginning, it'll get worse. So maybe next week who knows we'll pick up the courage to go for a splash....mud, taik itik, lumut all.