Up stupidly early so we could be on the S bahn by 7am to get to the main station and the first of 3 trains that would take us up to the coast to a small town called Sierksdorf, which is spitting distance of our only theme park - Hansa Park.
The first train was an intercity express (ICE) to Beuchen where we had a 50 minute wait for the next train. We managed to walk from the station, right around the town and back again with plenty of time to spare, so sat in a quiet waiting shelter away from everyone.
We were just enjoying our peace and quiet when some strange woman came in and sat next to me, forcing me to move up, and didn't say anything either! She then proceeded to munch sticky sweets and throw the wrappers on the floor. As you can imagine we moved pretty quick.
Our second train arrived and as the doors were just closing, the crazy lady jumped on, straight into the toilet and locked the door. 20 mins later and people are banging on the door as they want to use the facilities and the woman isn't responding to their shouts. Next station and one of the guards gets on, opens the door and she's just sat there. Much screaming later and the police are having a quiet word at the final station where they're waiting for her.
Our third train isn't quite so dramatic, arriving at Sierksdorf and a 15 min walk and we're in the park. We'd visited here in 2019 as part of the coaster club, but one ride had broken down, so that was our first port of call. Second was another coaster, some lunch, then the tallest drop tower in Europe - 120m on height and it leans you out at the top and just sits there for you to enjoy the view before plummeting back to earth. The view is spectacular, the people teeny and I think my stomach is still up there somewhere.
Hansa is a lovely park. It has a real family feel with some magical rides for the little ones, a few small coasters for the bigger ones and a few jaw-dropping rides for the adrenaline junkies. The gardens are beautiful and the whole park has a really nice vibe. We would recommend it if you are in this part of Germany.
The journey home was munch quieter (we literally sat in the silent carriage) and sightly different - local train straight to Hamburg and then another ICE back to Berlin.
Tonight is our last night here, the journey continues tomorrow.
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