In Lubz we spent some time doing maintenance and Wendy cleaned the teak decks whilst David did some touch up painting where bits of rust were peering through the hull. But alas only the primer got on as the weather didn't allow anything more.
We hada lovely mooring at Plau and walked over to the Fish Smoking Sheds right on the banks of the Elde.
We bought a fillet and had a Salad Nicoise with it. It is one of the original spa towns of the 18th century and has a lot of character. From Plau we motored in the drizzle to Malchow to a newly opened marina in the centre of town. 
We stayed there two nights as the next day it rained most of the day. The weather lifted a bit the day after and we decided to cross the Muritz See whilst we had a good wind forecast. It was a long day but an easy passage with light seas. We moored in the southern arm of the Muritz See in a quiet remote anchorage and would you adam and eve it, another boat came and anchored 20 metres away when it had anywhere in a 2000m area to drop its anchor. We found this quite common as if we had found the best and only anchorage. 
Having crossed the Muritz See we headed south towards the next highlight of our trip, the Schloss at Rheinsberg. Set right on a lake we could sail right past it and admire it. We went inside but as it was used as a former 'clinic' in GDR times it was poorly preserved. 
As if to make sixpence out of a farthing, the audio commentary was the longest and most boring of any of the ones we have listened to. Still whilst the inside was disappointing, the outside and the setting were superb. It was the early home of King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Today the weather brightened a bit and we have found a glorious secluded anchorage not far from the schloss in a lake (about the size of the Blue Lake in Rotorua for you kiwis). The forecast is looking better for the end of the coming week so here's hoping for some sunnier and warmer weather for a while.
