I've never had a thoughts before that European countries would be my first foreign countries trips around the world. And still can't believe that I could crossed the Baltic Sea before I turned 20. I've been dreaming to explore the world all my life, and last year I officially started it. I still remember the feeling clearly, I can't describe it, it's a bunch of first timer feeling. I'm sure everyone already had one thing similiar like mine. It was happened on the early of August 2011.
Last year I had to go to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend one of International Medical Organization Confrence. A week before the confrence me and my colleagues went to Germany and Austria for small Eurotrip. On the morning of first day of confrence we took a bus to Copenhagen from Berlin and crossed the Baltic Sea by Scandlines ferry, from Rostock to Gedser. It took about 1 hour to crossed Baltic Sea, we're getting excited when we off the bus, and run to Panoramic Salon even when some of the passengers choose to stay inside and enjoy their meal. I pushed the door heavily and directly stroked by frozen summer's wind. I thought it was just summer breeze but in fact the wind blows pretty hard on my face. I stayed for about 5-10 minutes outside, took some photos then warmed up my body inside.
7 days later I took train from Kobenhavn Train Station to Frankfurt, and again for the first time I saw train getting on ferry to crossed the island. I thought when I ride train the railway was going under the sea or tunnel, but I was amazed by the fact the train was on the ferry. Because it was a lovely evening on Baltic Sea, still freezing like the first time I came, but in different situation. The evening was romantic and surrounded by crowd but remain in silence in my head. People calmly watching the sun goes down and could feel the frozen breeze kisses our faces.
I wish I could stay for another minutes, but I choosed to keep the moment for a while and rushed inside to save my fingers from hypothermia. And the golden sunset escorted me back to the mainland with the view of rainbow and lines of windmill.
August 2011.
