We spent our last morning pottering around bucolic farmland on the way down to Gedser and the ferry to Germany. It was rather lovely, with the sun out in force, and lots of roadside produce to look over.
We had some trepidation about cycling in Germany after the ease of Denmark (they even had a designated cycle route right onto the ferry). We had planned to follow the Copenhagen to Berlin cycle route and had read that the German side was a bit difficult to follow.
At first our fears seemed to be realised, with no cycle way off the ferry other than a road with no verges, no signs and a rather large coal power plant instead of the wind farms we had grown used to.
Thankfully these fears turned out to be short-lived and we we soon found the cycle route to Berlin. So far it’s been very well sign-posted and has a very nice mostly car free cycle way.
Rostock (where the ferry lands) is fairly industrial, but has a really nice old town with a market in the square, where we picked up supplies for dinner. No real bakeries yet though…..
4ks an hour 
Bucolic 👸🏻
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Hi Matt and Allison, if you have an internet connection, book ahead for a visit in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. When I went there it was still in the DDR, so no queues. Another friend went there recently and couldn’t get in – booked out. Well worth the visit.
By the way, skip hot dogs and eat the local sausages (usually Bratwurst or Knackwurst Brotchen from an Imbiss – fantastic).
And most of North Germany is flat too, until you get to a line from Leipzig to Hannover and arc to Cologne.
Try Bienenstich while in Germany (Pastry base, firm custard top and a honey almond glaze). Have Fun!
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Hi Jozef. Thanks for the tips! Matt’s had some pretty bad luck with German pastries/cakes to date, so will have to track down the Bienestich and give it a go. We’ve had sausages a couple of ways already (our favourite so far was sausage cut up in some lentil soup from a market stall) – we’ve got our eyes set on a Currywurst next. And good to know re the Pergamon, although I’m still crossing fingers that with the official holiday season over that the crowds may have died down a little.
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