Scrumptious drives in Germany: Heringsdorf to Kurhaus Binz, by way of Mel…

The second day of my Scrumptious Drive highway journey with Hertz began off with breakfast on the Strandhotel Heringsdorf.

On provide was a lavish breakfast buffet with tasty selfmade jams – the right refreshment to kick-start a brand new day by the Baltic Sea.

I had a full schedule for the day, beginning with a go to to Karls Erdbeerhof (Karl’s strawberry farm) in Koserow. Sadly, the climate had different plans, so I couldn’t make the most of my convertible Ford Mustang. This was supposed to enhance over the course of the day, so hopefully I’d be capable of exhibit the automobile’s open prime… a selection set of wheels from the Hertz Enjoyable Assortment.

Karls Erdbeerhof is a combination of farm store, manufacturing unit, restaurant and fairground, the place every thing revolves round strawberries. Situated on the outskirts of Koserow, it’s the perfect place to take the entire household – and it’s free to go to. Within the store, I stocked up on selfmade strawberry jam and strawberry-flavoured sweets which I watched being made within the glass manufacturing unit.

Loaded with sweets, I continued to the Alte Feuerwehr or “Outdated Fireplace Station” – a backyard café within the coronary heart of Usedom instantly reverse Kirche in Benz, the cherished Evangelical church – a small hideaway that invitations you to loosen up and luxuriate in its cosy, heat environment.

My keep was made sweeter nonetheless by a pleasant gooseberry and meringue tart, accompanied by typical German Schlager music pouring from the loudspeakers. The café’s selfmade blackberry-lavender vinegar/oil made for an unmissable memento.

On my option to Kurhaus Binz, the lodge on the island of Rügen the place I’d be staying the night time, I took the enduring Ford Mustang on a brief detour to the Susi Erler pottery studio the place, in the midst of the small city of Mellenthin, conventional Pomeranian ceramics are made with love.

Whether or not you’re searching for one thing for the backyard, balcony or terrace, that is the place to discover a particular reward from the north. I obtained myself an attractive handmade Pomeranian lamp as a memento.

As a slightly overcast day got here to an finish, the solar lastly made a night look in Rügen and the convertible Ford Mustang, at lengthy final, may exhibit its first-class capabilities.

Driving in the direction of Kurhaus Binz with the highest down was an actual spotlight. I made a brief, spontaneous cease alongside the way in which at “Wasserschloss Mellenthin,” a fort complicated in-built 1575 in the midst of Usedom Nature Park. At such a late hour, the solar’s rays lit up the primary constructing, inviting me to remain and discover this spectacular fort.

Sadly, there wasn’t fairly sufficient time to discover the whole fort and its grounds, so I solely managed to make my option to the brewery on the right-hand aspect of the complicated. With a bottle of the fort’s well-known herb liquor in my backpack, I carried on my journey in the direction of the lodge.

I parked my Ford Mustang within the lodge’s useful and safe underground automobile park. On the luxurious lodge, which belongs to the Journey Charme lodge group, my room was instantly on the boardwalk, not removed from the pier – the place I spent the remainder of the night.

Seeking culinary delights for dinner, one of many native islanders really helpful Strandhalle Binz, the primary restaurant in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to be awarded the “So schmeckt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” seal of approval for excellent regional delicacies. The three-course menu, with a fish primary course, was the right option to spherical off the day.

Disclosure: This submit is sponsored by Hertz.