After having our breakfast, leaving Lübeck was almost a straight line across the several bridges and after 2 KM, a right turn on the the Brandenbaumer Landstraße. This street had a wide cycle path and was lined with older low level townhouse style buildings. Later the route connected with a portion of the EV13 (the "Iron Curtain Trail") cycleway which was an enjoyable road with rolling hills. But unfortunately this cycleway turned up north and we elected to take a more direct route and joined the B105 for a very fast eight kilometers on a busier, no shoulder road. It was okay - just not that much fun and something that we do not really care to repeat. Happily,- we were able to leave this sad road at the town of Grevesmühlen and return to quieter roads and dedicated cycle paths for the rest of our journey.
I love these bikes. Mom straps two small helmeted kids into the bucket - they always seem to be eating something - and they ride away.
These two lane round-a-bouts are crazy! Trying to change from the inner ring to the outer ring often involves a lot of horn honking! We take the crosswalks in these circumstances..
A monument, this old Customs house was built in 1773 in Herrnburg. It is the oldest residential building in the Mecklenburg border town within the city of Lübeck. The animal skulls on the top level caught our eyes.
When our route turned toward Wismar, Pat made the suggestion that we turn the other way and ride a couple of kilometres to the Baltic Sea. Well, when we ever have a chance to do this again? We battled the strong headwind down to the sea at the same time being thankful that the wind would push us back to our route later. We are so glad that we took the slight detour. It was a highlight for sure!
Kite surfing on the North coast of Germany. The conditions looked good.
Cheers! This girl was very nice and helped us with the translation of our beer order. Her bathing suit also shows that the weather was nice and warm here and that we were really overdressed!
Wismar is located on the Bay of Wismar in the Baltic Sea. The city lies in the middle between the two larger port cities of Lübeck in the west, and Rostock in the east. After German reunification in 1990, churches and all historic buildings in the city's town center were restored, and the old town of Wismar was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
