Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Aegean to the Baltic

Lubeck (D) to Copenhagen (DK) (292.49 km at 21.3kph)
The last three days we have left Germany and are now in Copenhagen, Denmark. We thoroughly enjoyed our rest day in Lubeck, famous for its marzipan, beautiful Hansa buildings and the hometown of Willy Brandt, the famous German statesman. Before leaving Germany it was great to see the sea again. It has been a long time since the Agean Sea in Greece to the Baltic Sea in northern Germany. We gleefully dived in the water but quickly figured out why no locals were swimming but sitting on their deck chairs- the water was a bit chilly.
After two big days in the saddle (127 and 125 km) over gently undulating terrain( Denmark is NOT flat) and a tail wind it was a small ride into Copenhagen this morning (42km) where we found a vacancy at the YHA right in the centre of the city. So today and tonight we'll be doing the tourist bit in Copenhagen. Don is hoping that Princess Mary will be free for a cup of tea.Tomorrow we catch the ferry for Sweden and we should reach our final destination of Gothenberg by this weekend.

1 comment:

  1. Well done. An amazing effort so far. Say Hi to Mary for us all!

    ReplyDelete