pictured: the area to be explored // alex on bike // animals in the area
with a pair of bikes awaiting our bums and the sun shinning at a brilliant 85 degrees - alex and i headed off on dirt roads, cobblestone paths, and smooth bike paths.
our destination? falkenhagen
why? ice cream
why's that special? because there's only one restaurant (meat-centric, no thanks), one grocery store (the one that's seldom open), and one crappy ice cream stand within miles and miles. and markus said there was ice cream in falkenhagen, so we figured we should go (even though we were just hopping for something along the lines of baskin robbins)
but we found so much more. the ice cream place is an ice cream palace. they have all sorts of flavors and combination sundaes and shakes and yummy yum-ness. they even have haribo marshmallow ice cream! unfortunately we didn't get that, even though i REALLY wanted to try it. and this ice cream palace was hopping - the parking lot was full and the bike racks were kinda full. there was a tacky, small-town vacation-ness to the whole place - but it was great, and it really made us feel as though we had escaped into a dreamworld.
i had a strawberry bowl - with strawberry and vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and of course, strawberries. alex went for the banana bowl with banana and chocolate ice cream, whipped cream and yep, bananas! we swapped some scoops, hoping to get that perfect banana split ratio. it was divine.
pictured: the ice cream palace's cheesy, yet welcoming entrance // i'm a strawberry kind of girl (i wear red) // our magical scoops with apple drinks // alex is a banana man (he wears yellow)
then we headed out into the woods for an adventure. we found nothing more than sheep poo, lots of bugs, and sandy roads - not very bike friendly. no wild boars or other fun animals were spotted :(
pictured: land, lots and lots of land
and after out falkenhagen exploration we headed back to that oh so special, clean lake for an evening dip and bath. it felt so nice.
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