Zecherin to Anklam (via Herring and Wolgast): Along the Baltic Sea


Statistics for today
Distance 106.00 kms 65.87 miles
Statistics for trip to date
Distance 364.00 kms 226.18 miles
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Today is a big loop around the Usedom peninsula. I ride east then north to Herring on the Baltic Sea coast. The town looks like it is a resort area in summer but at this time of year there is not a soul to be found.

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A balmy -4 degrees celcius (about 25 Fahrenheit).

It's quite cold but with no wind to speak of it doesn't feel too bad. The beach is covered with huge ice blocks from the frozen sea.

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The bike posing in front of the Baltic Sea.

From Herring I start heading west along the coast, which has a bike path as well, but at times it's so slippery I have to get off onto the road in order to make progress. It get's comical: there are stretches where I slip and fall about every 10 meters, particularly if there is any kind of grade on the path.

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I rode right up this thing, then slid right back down.
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FKK = Frei Körper Kultur (literally: free body culture, i.e. nudity, this is a nudist beach). Not much of that going on today.
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Sea ice.
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All bundled up.

I ride over the narrow spit of land that connects back to the mainland near Wolgast, then get on the main road down to Anklam. I have to be back in Berlin tonight so I catch a train that takes me right into Berlin. The trains are well set up for bicycles, there is a separate car near the front that has bike racks.

I arrive in Berlin later in the evening. Just a quick ride from the train station to my appartment.

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Tiergarten park.
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Berlin winter night.
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Schloss Bellevue, the German equivalent of the White House.
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Back in my cozy appartment with my feet up against the radiator. Appreciating the warmth after that ride.