I'll never forget Feb '78 at Todendorf, a German anti-aircraft range on the Baltic. IIRC, it was about 20 degrees, with 30 MPH winds coming off the sea. Hated every minute of it.
The Army made up for it, though. I spent the summer of '79 as the XO of the Admin/Log group. We were the only Americans for 200 miles. There was a tourist town nearby, named Lutjenburg. I developed a friendship with the owner of the Hotel Ostseeblick, helping him close down the bar most days at 4 AM.
He liked the way I would loosely translate American colloquialisms into German. My nickname for him was damentotschlager..."Lady Killer".
I made so many friends that summer, I spent long weekends up there, even though it was 400 miles from where I lived. With the autobahn, it was only a 5 hour drive.
I thought that sounded familiar so I did a Google search. My wife is from the area around Kiel and she lived in Flensburg. We vacationed in that area after we were married. Oh yeah- Hotel Ostseeblick was the second hit on the search!