Ahh, Germany.  The home of my father's father before he came to the
 states, although I had never been there.  We docked in
 Warnemunde, which had formerly been East Germany's primary seaport
 before the reunification.
 
We took a water ferry down to Rostock, spent a few hours there,
 then took a trolley and a train back to the ship.  
  
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