E11: Schlachtensee – Berlin-Tiergarten

Sunday, July 29: Cloudy to begin with, then hot & sunny

Hiking: 29.6 km

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It had rained some more during the night, but the day started clearing after a very short break. I got all my stuff together (including the two new towels) and left Kevin’s keys on the desk, as he had requested some time last night. At least no wild party girls or couples having sex in the night.

I was soon down at where the track begins and noticed that there was a white-blue-white sign with “11” on it, so about the time my recorded track had parted company with this 11, I chose to join it to see where it went. At least it remained fairly green for a while, and I noted von-Luck-Str and Spanische Allee turning up. I followed the marking over the street, and then it was briefly lost until I went through a small tunnel under the railway to Schlachtensee itself, and took up the track again. I had wondered about a couple that I had met along the way dressed in bathrobes, but this lake is a certified swimming lake and plenty of people were doing just that. Read more…


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