Giżycko to Mrągowo

[Route] The cycle path turns off the road a few kilometres out of Giżycko and follows a former railway line. Then it turns onto a very rough cobblestone street to Ruda. From there it follows the southern shore of Jezioro Niegocin. The towns around this lake are surprisingly touristy, for example Rydzewo and Bogaczewo.

The scenery today was very green, the countryside always undulating, and it was relatively hot. I was quite sore, felt pretty weak and only made slow progress. When I got to Mrągowo, I had another swim in Jezioro Czos.

Like several of the cities on my trip that originally had a German name (Sensburg in Mrągowo's case), its Polish name derives from one of its famous sons, linguist Christoph Cölestin Mrongovius (1764-1855). Giżycko, formerly called Lötzen, is named after pastor Gustav Gisevius (1810-1848), and Kętrzyn (originally Rastenburg) has been named after Wojciech Kętrzyński (1838-1918).

Some of the shops where I buy breakfast and lunch look amusing to me because it feels that someone just stuck a »Sklep« sign on a residential building.

On the other hand, this building looks to be designed for multiple commercial purposes.

Other shops are in cute little purpose-built huts.