dimrub
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This is finally happening. I've been dreaming about this trip for over 10 years now, quite some time before I ever cycled a single kilometer as part of a cycling tour. I've cycled quite a few kilometers since, so I think I'm finally ready, and also have a great opportunity in terms of available time, being on a "garden leave" from my current company, and not yet having a future one.
The idea was (is) to replicate the route my grandfather travelled almost exactly 80 years ago, as a staff officer of an artillery unit of the Red Army, battling the Nazis all the way to Wismar, where he linked up with the brits.
This is my route, subject to minor changes. 13 days, plus one rest day, currently planned at Gdansk. I plan to mostly sleep in my tent, at camping sites where available, or wild camping where not. This wonderful site has a map of feasible camping spots, and while it's mostly geared towards campers, plenty of useful info for the likes of me too. I do want to book a hotel once every few days - and anyway, I might change things around later as I go. I do plan to travel in style, and to that end I'm packing a folding chair and table, and a miniature aeropress.
I've got my ticket to Warsaw, the first night in a hotel in Warsaw, and a bunch of stuff from Decathlon ordered to the hotel (such as gas and a few other things not sold here in Israel, like freeze-dried food). What I don't currently have is a return ticket. I think I'm going to swing it, since the situation with flights to Israel remains "dynamic". I'll probably book whatever is available a week before my return from Berlin.
The idea was (is) to replicate the route my grandfather travelled almost exactly 80 years ago, as a staff officer of an artillery unit of the Red Army, battling the Nazis all the way to Wismar, where he linked up with the brits.
This is my route, subject to minor changes. 13 days, plus one rest day, currently planned at Gdansk. I plan to mostly sleep in my tent, at camping sites where available, or wild camping where not. This wonderful site has a map of feasible camping spots, and while it's mostly geared towards campers, plenty of useful info for the likes of me too. I do want to book a hotel once every few days - and anyway, I might change things around later as I go. I do plan to travel in style, and to that end I'm packing a folding chair and table, and a miniature aeropress.
I've got my ticket to Warsaw, the first night in a hotel in Warsaw, and a bunch of stuff from Decathlon ordered to the hotel (such as gas and a few other things not sold here in Israel, like freeze-dried food). What I don't currently have is a return ticket. I think I'm going to swing it, since the situation with flights to Israel remains "dynamic". I'll probably book whatever is available a week before my return from Berlin.
