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Day 6. Hamburg - Sittensen
Distance 69,2 km, Av. speed 13,8, Time riden 5h
On the road again after a well deserved rest in Hamburg. Well our trip didn't go as we planned. Got lost two times in some wierd fucking woods. As if that wasn't enough, the autobahn was under construction, and some of the bridges were out of order. SHIT.
We tried to ask some locals for directions but they tended to allways show us "their" routes. By the time we got to Sittenseen, we were so tired, that we took the first Gasthaus we saw and went to sleep...

Day 7. Sittenseen - Bremen
Distance 67,1 km, Av. speed 14,9, Time riden ??h
The easiest riding so far. The route was well marked, flat and nice. Weather was exelent and we got to Bremen just before a massive thunderstorm :)

Stopped for a coffee in a Melkhus

On the road

Day 8. Bremen - Osnabrück
Distance 50+ km, Av. speed: slow, Time riden: dunno
We drove about 25km out of Bremen and realised we had made a wrong turn somewhere. We were supposed to go camping somewhere near Osnabrück, but the camping place was nowhere on our current (wrong) route.
So, we did a u-turn and headed back to Bremen. Of course it started raining cats and dogs as well...
I had contacted Ron in Osnabrück earlier and we took the train there.

We had a great warm welcome to Osnabrück by the local bike club, Peace City Pedals. They accomodated us for two night, showed us around the local pubs. We even had a German BBQ.
I even got a new spacer for my chain tensioner.

Back to Bremen train station

First train on the trip

Having beers with Johnny, Ron and Dan

BBQ at Dans place

Day 9. Osnabrück - Rheine
Distance 57,2 km, Av. speed: 13,3, Time riden:4 hours
It was a rainy morning in Osnabrück. Johnny insured us that the rain would stop on the city limits. He was right. Funny shit.
Nothing much happend, here's a few pics....

Stopped for lunch somewhere...

Easy riding along a canal

Day 10. Rheine - Enchede
Distance 40 km, Av. speed: 12,3, Time riden:3 hours 12 min
It rained A LOT. Despite our rain gear, we got soaked, tired and really pissed off. By the time we were in Ochtrup, we were so tired of the weather, we decided to take the train (again).
But at least we finally got out of Germany and into the Neatherlands

Lovely trainstation in Gronau

Finally in Enchede

To be continued...

Last summer me and my girlfriend Elisa decided to spend our summer holidays cruising to the FBI. This was our first long distance ride.

First I had to build a bike for the trip. My PG Streetfighters frame had broken in several places, so my best (as it turned out) option was to build my own frame. It took a few weeks, and I got it ready just a day before we left. This trip was my bikes maiden voyage.

Had a few beers in Helsinki before leaving

The guys were making shure we get on the ferry

...and of we go

We came by ferry to Rostock. It takes 26 hours from Helsinki, and is really, really boring. Expecially when your credit card does not work on board... We came to Rostock in the middle of the night and went "camping" on the outskirts of the town. Rode about 20 km that night.

This is where we spend our first night in Germany.

Day 1. Rostock - Satow - Wismar
Distance 74 km, Av. speed 13,3, Time riden 5h 31 min

The wind was pretty heavy all the way. Later we found out that it allmost constantly blows from the west and that that is why people tend to ride from wes to east. Shit... Well you get used to it.
Stopped in Satow for lunch and beers. When we got to Wismar, ti started to rain pretty much, so we stayed in a nice pension.

The wrong kind of a map in Satow

Wismar before the rain

Day 2. Wismar - Gramlow - Grevesmühler - Dassow - Trawemünde
Distance 67 km, Av. speed 14,7, Time riden: about 4 hours
We tried to follow a bicycle route to Lübeck, but without a proper routemap, it turned out to be impossible. We did a 10 km wrong turn and ended up in Trawemünde in stead of Lübeck. Did not matter that much because we found a nice campingplace.

Fine dining on the road

Trawemünde

Don't make too many plans for your trip. It will all come together on the road.

Day 3. Trawemünde - Lübeck
Distance 15 km
We desided to stay in Lübeck for the night and sample some local beers.

There is a fucking big church in Lübeck

Beer and sausages... om om om om omom om omomo

Day 4. Lübeck - Mölln - Trittau - Großesee
Distance 70 km, Av. speed 14.1, Time riden 4h 58 min
I lost our map (probably in a pub), so we had to buy a new one. Got a ADFC Radtouren karte that showed all the official and regional routes.
Followed the Lübeck-Elbe canal to Mölln. What an exelent route to ride, all flat and straigt. No cars or other people.
The weather was really hot. Like millions of degrees, or something...

Day 5. Großesee - Hamburg
Distance 36km, Av. speed Slow because of the heat, Time riden about 2 or 3 hours
Got to Hamburg, took the A&O Hostel near the Central railway station.
We went to see Michi at the Elbcoast Customs and had beers... Nice stuff.
We spend two nights in Hamburg just resting and samplig local beers ( again)