Cycle touring through Mecklenburg-Vorpormmern: Day 0 - A bumpy beginning
August 10th 2012 We start our cycle tour to the sea from Berlin perhaps unconventionally in Wittenberge. T, D, and I take a train ride after work towards the Brandenburg border, our loaded bikes packed in with other cycling commuters, who slowly filter out as we meander through farmland. Wittenberge is the end of the train line, and we still have some kilometers along the Elbe by bike towards Lenzen before the end
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