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Day 4, 16.07.2019, Wittenberg-Potsdam-Gross Kienitz, 122 km

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Luther’s Wittenberg

  • Martin Luther
  • He changed the world.
  • Philipp Melanchthon
  • Wittenberg

Wittenberg is the place where Martin Luther in 1517 proclaimed his 95 Theses onto the church portal.

  • Friedrich Hundertwasser Haus in Wittenberg

From Wittenberg to Potsdam …

  • Palais de Sanssouci

Palais de Sanssouci near Potsdam south of Berlin

  • Parking over night at Golfanlagen Gross Kienitz

Sunday, 27.09.20, Molinet – Lindau, 607 km

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I left the small village of Molinet early as heavy rain woke me up anyway.

  • Early bird catches the fly?

Quick breakfast.

  • Not the most charming eating set, but the sandwich fromage was superb!

Distance breaker in Mulhouse,still in France.

  • Very helpful staff!

Coffee break at Starbucks before departure to Germany.

Long distance highway and “Bundesstrasse” driving.

  • Near Lindau at the lake of Bodensee

I ended up on the same camping ground as in 2019 when I cycled from Haag to Lindau and around the lake. Fond memories…

Saturday, 26.09.20, La Rochelle – Molinet, 455 km

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I was lucky with my parking again. It was free until 09:00 a.m. I could drive to the free area in the attached sector. Then: Cycling to town.

What a stunning place at the Atlantic Ocean.

I asked in a coffee shop at the harbor for internet. A rather unfriendly male “no”. Next door was restaurant with two charming ladies, and I received a friendly “of course”, you are welcome…
I sat down and updated “time-travel.net” as well as Facebook. This time only “teasers” on FB with cross reference to my website.

Time has come to head east towards home. I found a fuel stations with reasonable prices near La Rochelle and all was set.

Snacks anywhere on route eastwards.

Tremendous weather movements.

Romantic villages.

Evening in the Auvergne.

Searching and finding quite and free parking near a church.

Long distance driving is a different ball game compared to sight seeing on the bike 🙂

Friday, 25.09.20, Nantes – La Rochelle, 174 km

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Cycling in Nantes was easy and the distances manageable. I liked the calm atmosphere and the tidiness all around.

  • Cathedral de Nantes
  • Château des ducs de Bretagne

In town.

Les Machines de l’île

Around town.

On route to the south, towards La Rochelle.

  • Collected 10.000 km in 40 days.

First glimpse of La Rochelle.

Big mistake not to have downloaded the Google Map of the area. It cost me lot of time to find parking. Ups.

Thursday, 24.09.20, Lorient – Carnac – Quiberon – Nantes, 280 km

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I must remind you, that I looked for parking late at night and tried my luck in that area. What a blessing to be safe.

I always was fascinated about Neolithic monuments. Stonehenge in the Salisbury Plains is pulling me again and again like a magnet. I felt quite some excitement again heading for Carnac.

It is difficult to say the least to describe the impression with a few pictures. There are 6 fields of stone rows over 4 km. There is a monument of a scale which can only be absorbed by walking it completely up and down. Which I did not, only two of them. There were always tombs involved, so the thoughts are it represents a message of the transition from life to the after life.

Near Carnac is a the a semi island and at the far end the village of Quiberon. Unfortunately the weather was playing games with me so the no of spectacular pictures was limited 🙂

  • A rock in the storm.

Bad weather, good dining.

After a late lunch I headed for Nantes and found Camping de Nantes. A very recommendable location.