13.05.25 Day 7 - Buchhholz - Rerik. Finally coming to the sea & Eurovelo 13

A great early morning over the Ratzeburger Lake. Passing by Lübeck, moving to Dassow, going east and then meeting the sea at Wohlenberg. And the first Eurovelo 13 sign. I will follow this route for about 700km, until the border of Kaliningrad, that is off limits.

Meeting Eurovelo 13

The Eurovelo are a number of long-distance routes through Europe, partly developed with markings and all, partly under development. Eurovelo 13 follows the pre-89 Iron Curton. Soon afterwards it joins with Eurovelo 10, the Baltic Sea track.

Starting the day with oatmeal.

Preparing oatmeal with my stormkjøkken

You can find numberless discussions on the internet about the ideal cooking equipment for camping. I stick to this Norwegian solution. There is a burner in there, using methanol. A little different what you get in each country, but I have always found it. Rødsprit in Norway, Spiritus in the Netherlands, Denaturat in Poland. The big advantage is that it is not very sensitive to wind, therefore "storm kitchen".

Bought a little food in a super market, and what do they "tempt" you with when you wait to pay?

In Norway there is chocolate

I find this pretty weird, Of course you have to accept cultural differences. But knowing that alcohol is a problem for many and that people tend to pick up stuff this way, I find it repulsive. Strong lobbies that make sure that it stays this way I assume.

Another strange saolution I saw in two supermarkets is that there is no space to store your goods behind the cashier. If Anbjørg came here with a regular "Obs" carriage there would be a BIG problem. Do people only buy a few things? The supermarket was large enough. And everybody has to wait until the previous person has collected their stuff. German efficiency?

Complaining a bit on the one hand, on the positive side. I have bought bread twice, it is delicious. When I moved to Norway in 1978, bread was much better in the Netherlands. Now it is the opposite, but Norwegian bread does not come up to Germany either. All bread in the Netherlands is like sponges. Dutch bakers should take a course in Germany!

Mmmm...

In several villages the main roads use cobblestone. I HATE it, it is not bikeable. You must use the small footpath to pass. It is the same a few places in Trondheim. Some politicians think it authentic. Caves are also authentic, but we stopped living in them some years ago.

Grrrr

Funny trafic sign 😃

I passed by Lübeck and rode quickly through Wismar, the major cities on this part. No time to look around.

Large paper mill outside Wismar

And finally arriving at Hotel Haffidyll in Rerik. I decided I deserved a hotel after one week and almost 700km cycling!

And also today pretty much up and down, about 500m in total.

And after a week of unrelenting head wind, this changes tomorrow. But maybe not a good day for tenting?

112km, total time 9 hours, active time 7:10.

Total 684km.