18/8 ck’n’back – to where last year’s beginning and end were heading toward Norway
After not even 24 hours – far too short for this spot – I say goodbye to Laase again and set my sights on Eckernförde. My AWO still drags Ulla’s Ural for a while, until our paths also split on the A20. The rest is more transit, so just keep moving fast. Only in Lübeck do I want to take the ferry toward Travemünde and Timmendorfer Strand. However, despite the GPS, I miss the ferry and end up in front of the toll tunnel. So I make a U‑turn onto the bike path and am forced through the city. Unfortunately there’s nothing worth seeing there and I’m glad to be out the back again. The rest doesn’t get any better, with several construction sites and my direction completely blocked in Kiel. I wander around for a short moment and am relieved to have found the right road again after leaving Kiel. I don’t like Kiel (today).
Finally arriving in Eck, there’s first a coffee and I chat with Volker until Sani and Andre turn up to grill. The evening ends cozy with rum and I drop dead‑tired into bed before midnight. So dead that around 3 a.m. I don’t even notice the siren and helicopter with searchlights over the house. I’m not sure whether I should believe Volker at all—I don’t know his medication…
