Le Tour de norddeutsche Tiefebene

Four days in the cold north of Germany

So I did want to meet a bunch of friends living in and around Hamburg in the north of Germany. And with it being late March I thought: “Well let’s borrow a bike and ride the distance between the overnights stops.”

So I traveled from Spain to Hamburg and got the bike on a Friday and rode the next four days first from the outskirts of Hamburg in a wide arc to Lübeck, then from Lübeck back to Hamburg, on to Stade on the south of the river Elbe and back to where I started.

All in all about 350 km - so nothing to bad.What made it a bit more challenging was the weather (A nice mixture of fog and clouds at around 0-2 degrees C) and the fact that meeting friends does not mean getting into bed at 10pm to get a good nights sleep.

In the end hobo-ing for a few days with a small backpack and enjoying the evenings among friends is a good way to spend your time even if your hands are cold and you need to yawn from time to time.

Adventurer: Bengt