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Start:  Heiligenhafen  Finish:  Puttgarden Distance:  17 Total:  1828 Today I reached another major milestone. I completed my walk across Germany by reaching the Baltic coastal town of Puttgarden.  It was 642 miles across Germany and it took 42 days to walk it, with 4 of those days being days off. Tomorrow I take a short, … Continue reading »

Start:  Lensahn Finish:  Heiligenhafer Distance:  15 Total:  1811 Today’s 13 mile walk through north German farmland ended up being 15 miles due to my not trusting the walking route Google Maps had in mind. Instead of the shorter walking route that traversed some wheat fields and woods, I picked the longer bike route that followed … Continue reading »

Start:  Sierksdorf Finish:  Lensahn Distance:  13 Total:  1796 Today was a short day, distance wise, but it took me most of the day to get it accomplished.  The day started with checking out of the hotel where I’d spent three nights in Lubeck. I wanted to stay there another night, but they were booked full … Continue reading »

Start:  Sierksdorf Finish:  Sierksdorf Distance:  0 Total:  1783 Today was a day off in, spent in the Northern German town of Lubeck. I made a good decision when I decided to walk yesterday and take today off because it started raining about lunchtime and I would have been wet if I’d been on the road.  … Continue reading »

Start:  Lubeck Finish:  Sierksdorf Distance:  17 Total:  1783 What a great day of walking I had today. Fabulous weather, nice scenery, nothing but water in my backpack; it couldn’t have been any better.  Yesterday, I mentioned that I didn’t know if I would be walking today or taking the day off. As it turned out, … Continue reading »

Start:  Bad Oldesloe Finish:  Lubeck Distance:  15 Total:  1766 This morning I needed to make a decision on whether to walk today or take a day off due to the weather. I woke up when the sun came up at 4:30, looked outside, and it was raining straight down. I went back to sleep and … Continue reading »

Start:  Ahrensburg  Finish:  Bad Oldesloe Distance:  13 Total:  1751 Today was an easy 13 mile day that got started late due to weather but I still finished in the early afternoon.  It rained all night last night and was still coming down steady when I looked outside at about 7:00 this morning.  I looked at … Continue reading »

Start:  Harburg  Finish:  Ahrensburg Distance:  21 Total:  1738 Today I was able to maneuver myself through and around the very busy city of Hamburg without getting run over by bicycles, cars, trucks, trains, and city busses.  There are 5.1M residents in and around Hamburg and I think I saw a good portion of them sometime … Continue reading »

Start: Handeloh  Finish:  Harburg Distance:  18 Total:  1717 Today I had a very nice Sunday walk into the suburbs of Hamburg; specifically the town of Harburg. The day got started with a great breakfast (any breakfast that includes real cooked American bacon is a great breakfast).  As I said yesterday, Handeloh was just a very … Continue reading »

Start:  Soltau Finish:  Handeloh Distance:  19 Total:  1699 Today’s walk from Soltau to Handeloh was one of unexpected surprises.  The walking day got started after breakfast at the hotel at 8:30. The route was excellent with a bike path to follow right out of town. I’d walked 4-5 miles and could see a small town … Continue reading »