Greetings
from Berlin, woop!!! Feels like a super duper milestone to have
reached, having made it into country number 8 with less
than a month & only Holland to go. We've also
managed to clock up 3000km, which was my original estimate for the
whole trip - does that mean we can stop now?!
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| German tourers travelling with 2 dogs |
Its
great to be on the flat again - Czech was tough & by the time we
got to Prague was taking its toll. One particularly large hill looked like a roller coaster from the distance, I wasn't
impressed when we got closer & realised it was our road ahead. We made the decision to do the last few km's into
Prague by train - a bit of a cop-out but with our large scale road
map & the usual big city traffic it
would have taken hours to navigate the city centre. I have no regrets.
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| Cheeky ride on the train! Only a few km's I promise |
I've
been to Prague twice before & had great memories of a beautiful
old town and VERY cheap beer. Although having had beer for 12p
a glass in Vietnam everything's extortionate to us now. Anyhoo's
we managed to bagsy ourselves a city centre campsite & explore
the fine city with beer breaks along the way. Even an amazing
vegetarian restaurant – what a treat!
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| Tasty and cheap. Mmmmmmmm........ |
In
Prague we were told about the Elbe River bicycle route, which would take us to
Dresden & beyond - once again
allowing us to travel on the flat with bike signs helping us along
the way. It lived up to our expectations & – the scenery
was stunning & it was great to once again be surrounded by other
cyclists on the popular route. Only on occasion were we left
completely bemused by where the bike path took us:
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| To cycle or not to cycle...? |
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| A bike route? Seriously?! |
The
crossing into Germany was understated to say the least & we
wouldn't have noticed had it not been for a large group of retired
tourers hastily studying their maps. In Dresden we were joined by
our friends Andy & Maja, who live near Frankfurt & kindly
made the trip across Germany to hang out for the weekend (would have been a slightly difficult detour for us). It was
great to kick back, hang out amongst friends and relax in a great
city. Always good to have an excuse for a rest day too!
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| The closest we got to the German flag near the border |
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| Crazy pics on Andy's snazy camera |
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| Fun times in Dresden |
Onwards
to Berlin, we continued along the Elbe for a couple more days before
diverting north, once again relying on our navigational skills &
keeping our fingers crossed for little traffic & no hills. Thankfully we weren't dissapointed & have made it into Berlin in one piece. Fun times ahead!x
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| SO many bikes!!! |
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| 3000km, oh yeah! |
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