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| Berlin |
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| view from hotel balcony in Berlin |
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| river crossing |
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| Saxony, Switzerland national park - Germany |
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| river ferry |
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| CouchSurfing in Dresden, Germany |
i arrived in berlin acouple of days ago and this marks the end of 'phase one'of my bike journey. i started in Athens, Greece on May,2 and have slowly made my way to the magical and historic city of Berlin. just like all the major cities of our world it takes time to get to know and develop a relationship to a place. time that i do not have on this trip, but i would love to spend several weeks exploring this fascinating metropolis.
phase.2 of the bike tour starts tomorrow (July,16). i am planing to ride north to the tip of Germany and then head east following thecoast through Poland-Lithuania-Latvia and then Estonia. From Estonia i hope to take a ferry to either Finland or Sweden and then
go to over to Norway and up North. will see how things unfold...
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| Leaving Bamburg, Germany |
Here is a rough outline of my trip thus far:
leave Athens on May,2 2010 and ride to the port in Piraeus,then ferry to Santorini.
Santorini to Heraklion, Crete. ride the coast to Kissamos and take ferry to Gythio.
Gythio to Sparta and then to Kalamata. train to Patras.
From Patras another long ferry ride to Bari,Italy. from Bari to Susa, Italy and over the alps to Grenoble,France.
Grenoble to Geneva, then to Neauchatel and Bern,Switzerland.
from Bern to Lucerne. Lucerne to lake Constance.
took a boat across the lake and went to Munich from there. Munich to Bamburg. Bamburg to Dresden and then finally to Berlin.
this is obviously a very concise outline just to provide a general idea of the direction i took on my route,about 4000 km ridden so far.
below is a map showing the route taken.
i am looking forward to new roads to the east and north. the journey continues!
