Today's last etape lead via Travemünde to my destination at Grömitz. I left the camp site at 9 o'clock heading north.
After about 100 minutes I reached Grevesmühlen from the south-east, taking me past the station on my way to the centre. I was quite shocked when I saw the state of some of the buildings and roads. The area could most accurately be described as a slum. It was a cruel reminder of how run-down many parts of East Germany had become in 40 years of Communism that these wounds were still gaping even 25 years later.
Once I reached the old town of Grevesmühlen all of this was immediately forgotten as the area around the central square had been nicely renovated and looked quite touristy. I had an excellent, sumptuous breakfast at Café Flair by the market square opposite the town hall.
On the way I came across an old railway crossing. Even though there were no traces of the railway line, the boom gates had not been removed which looked rather odd.
A little later I had a quick stop for some lunch near Dassow.
At exactly 1 o'clock I reached Priwall, a suburb of Travemünde at the coast of the Baltic sea. I crossed the river Trave by ferry – the city's name translates literally as »mouth of the Trave«.
From now on my route would lead me parallel to the Baltic shore in a large arch towards Grömitz, a very touristy region. On the upside, this meant that there was an almost uninterrupted car-free cycle way, however it was so frequented by families and other holiday-makers that using the road was actually quicker.
In Sierksdorf the cycle path ended and I was back on the road. I arrived in Grömitz just after 3 o'clock, taking advantage of the fact that the local authorities had gone to the trouble of setting up a sign to point out the ideal location from which to view the Bay of Lübeck.
Today's ride had been 95km, taking my total up to 340km, slightly less that the distance given on an old milestone alongside Berlin's heraldry.
No comments:
Post a Comment