Thursday, July 26: Hot and sunny, a little wind, very few clouds
Hiking: 33.3 km
Kevin’s (room in student dorm shared flat in Berlin, €22.7 a night, will be a bit of a challenge)
Was up very early, despite all the attempts of the host to darken the windows (dark drawer, venetian blind, curtains), as the room had become quite hot. Down at breakfast, the only other guest was there as well indulging in his habit of addressing the phone. Anyway, breakfast was three bread rolls, coffee, and the usual assortment of sausage and cheese. I put one bread roll away for lunch, proceeded to pay, and was down at the market square getting a GPS fix before 9:00.
The walk around town to the north should really be done the day before, as it is only about 2.0 km longer. The street to come back down is Rosa-Luxenburg-Str., and that is quite well marked. I took hydration breaks at Springbach-Mühle and Lütte, and lunch was on the plan just outside of Dippmannsdorf. Here there is a further pub which is now called “Paradies”. The sandy track is quite hard to negotiate as dry as it is, and the Scots pine and/or larches throw about as much shadow as the eucalypt. In the meantime there were denser forest areas which were cooler. Read more…
