Day 12_ From Lauenberg to Dömitz

Day 12_ From Lauenberg to Dömitz

We saw: the border between the east and west Germany along the Elbe river

We ate: Smoked salmon and herrings on rye bread

We pedaled: 75.13 Km

Our average speed: 21 Km/h

We slept: Hotel Dömitzer Hafen

Now, today we broke all records: 75, 136 Km and here we are sitting at the bar having some Riesling wine as nothing had happened. We are getting much better at this task of pedaling. I have to confess that our segment today was soooooooooo flat. Not one single hill. We followed the Elbe line which was full of green land and Bauernhofs with animals and potatoes plantations. We also were accompanied by lot of sheep working really hard to leave the landscape manicured for the Germans. This is the "green way" to do it without using any artificial energy. We took a small boat to cross over to the other side of the river and continue to Dömitz.

Unlike in Denmark, here in this Elbe Weg, we saw many many fellow riders. All traveling in pairs and carrying wisely only 2 panniers each like us. But if this trip was to demonstrate that we were still young and could hop on such an adventure, these fellow riders we saw today, demonstrated the complete opposite.

We have become old. We are entering into the senior age. Our fellow riders were all over 65 years old. We were the younger ones feeling young. This is terrible, I was embarrassed to be so young and doing already their sport, making them all fell they were going maybe too slow! Ringing my bike ring so that they move out of the way.

I apologize to all our fellow riders of today: that was not our intention. Let's put it this way: we are just training for our seniority years.

VIKA