Monthly Archives: July 2019
Day 116
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
Day 115
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
Day 114
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
Day 113
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
Day 112
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
Day 111
Start: Hodenhagen Finish: Soltau Distance: 21 Total: 1680 I had a productive 21 mile walk through mostly farmland today. The cooling trend has begun and there was a nice breeze. I got started at 7:40 today, which was a little earlier than usual because of the longer distance to walk. My first four miles were … Continue reading
Day 110
Start: Elze Finish: Hodenhagen Distance: 15 Total: 1659 Today was another H-O-T day in northern Germany. I got to my hotel at 1:30 and it was already 97; going to 99 for a high. But the good news is there’s a front coming and will start cooling it off gradually over the next few days. … Continue reading
Day 109
Start: Hanover Finish: Elze Distance: 15 Total: 1644 I had an uneventful 15 mile walk today from Hanover to the small, one hotel, one restaurant town of Elze. The only memorable thing about today is the heat. It’s 98 degrees outside now and forecast to be 100 tomorrow. At least I’m coming off a very … Continue reading
Day 108
Start: Hanover Finish: Hanover Distance: 0 Total: 1629 For this to have been a day off, I was very busy. It all started yesterday afternoon with hotel problems and I really stayed busy all of today. As I said in my last post, Hanover is a very large city, so with that comes an almost … Continue reading
Day 107
Start: Hildesheim Finish: Hanover Distance: 19 Total: 1629 I take back everything I said previously about how large German cities are not spread out with urban sprawl. Today when I walked into Hanover, which has a population of 535,000, I thought I was never going to reach the center of the city. I got on … Continue reading