‘Moin’ everyone….!
Well that’s what we think they are saying. We used to say
‘Guten Morgen’ for good morning, but everyone says Moin’ now - we think it must
be the New Zealand version of ‘Gidday Mate’.
Woke early this morning so that we could get up to the
bathrooms and charge the camera and tablet. They have sockets in the bathrooms,
so we get in before anyone else is moving. After showering, we sat in the
beautiful morning sun, eating breakfast. There had been a haze over the Eider
river, above which we were camped last night and it was a great way to wake up.
We’d had two lots of bikepackers staying at the camp last
night and one couple we had struck up a conversation with, well……sort of, as
they hardly spoke any English. Found out they were cycling for nine days
……[just babies really ]. They were leaving just before us and a single guy had
left a bit earlier. Forecast yesterday was for 30 degrees and today it was
right up there.
Stifling hot by 9.15am when we rode along to the ferry to cross
to the shady side of the canal. Aaah,
what a difference and it was a real joy to ride alongside the canal on a flat,
smooth cycle path just watching the boats go by and enjoying the fresh air.
Arrived at Rendsburg about 11.30am but had to cross the
canal to get there. We saw an escalator
for pedestrians descending to the bowels of the earth and next door was a
lift. As we watched, the doors opened
and a cyclist pedalled out. So we cycled
over to the lift and pressed the button to go down. A short ride delivered us to a tunnel that
went under the canal and we rode about 200 metres to the other side of the
canal where we caught the elevator back up to ground level and into the centre
of Rendsburg.
The further north we go,
the more the buildings have a Scandinavian look to them. We visited the bank to withdraw some more
Euros and then a bakery to get some lunch.
Cycled through a park, of sorts.
More just some neglected ground and found a patch of grass in the shade
where we laid out the groundsheet and ate our lunch and skyped the kids using
the new dongle. Worked a treat and we
just wish we’d got one earlier.
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| street in Rendsburg |
Asked a couple of young girls, sisters, the way back to the
canal and as luck would have it, they were cycling that way so told us to
follow them. That was easy and we were
on our way again. Instead of catching a
ferry back across the other side, there was a platform suspended by a high
bridge that took us and a bunch of other traffic across the canal. All the bridges are very tall to allow for
cruise ships to come up the canal.
And
all the ferries by the way are free.
The track was good for about twenty minutes but then the
surface was quite uneven and we were getting bounced around all over the
show. Took a punt and went via a
parallel road which delivered us back to the canal about 1km further up. Still, at least we’d missed out on about a km
of that rough stuff. Then we cycled
standing up for about another km before the surface improved again and we could
return to our seats. Reached the ferry
for Sehestedt and caught that across to the other side where we bought an
ice-cream each and shared a coke and sat in the shade, trying to muster our
energy for the last 20km ride to our chosen campground for the night.
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| 30°C and nowhere to hide. |
By this time it was stinking hot and becoming an effort to
cycle. Still only about 13km’s to get to the next village of Eckernforde, which
we thought would just be a pass through village.
It turned out to be a large town with beautiful beaches,
including a nudist beach. The sand was that golden sand that squeaks under your
feet. Couldn’t resist a swim as we were boiling hot, so into the not-so-warm
water. But, it was exactly what the doctor ordered, cooled us right down.
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| Was not expecting a beach like this in Germany |
A sunbathe on the beach was in order and as we lay I noticed
the town was also a military base with three frigates moored and a submarine
out in the harbour. Julia didn’t notice
as she fell asleep. Beach was busy, but
didn’t see anyone going in like Ju and I. Into town where we found a
supermarket and stocked up for tea and breakfast, before heading
to a campsite on the coast.
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| Eckenforde |
Riding out I asked a couple of young guys the way,
which they told us. We were virtually there, when one of the guys appeared on
our shoulders to make sure we found the site, cause it could be a bit tricky.
How nice is that …….!
Down a long gravel road for about 2 km in the relentless sun
until we arrived at the camp. As we were checking in, the lady told us that
Germany were playing France tonight. Perfect timing. Set up shop and went to the
bar to watch, along with about 30 other German fans, who were rapt when they
won 1-0.
Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely tea of curried herrings with bulghur
salad, tomato and rice…..delicious….! Later, washed it down with a coffee and
biscuits, before sleep, to dream of another nice day tomorrow, probably our
last full day before Denmark.
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