Saturday 19th July
Day 38, 1445 miles done.
We have had a good week cycling from Meissen to Bleckede and have enjoyed the variety of scenery along the way...'silent' towns (a young local's description), busy tourist towns, beautiful old buildings, forests, vast fields of crops and masses of wild flowers, birds and butterflies.
Wittenburg, the place where Martin Luther pinned his 95 'Theses against the abuse of Indulgences' to the church door, will be a fantastic place to visit in 2017 when many repairs and refurbishments should be finished in time for the 500th anniversary of Luther's famous actions. All you can see at the moment is lots of white sheeting!
Tangermunde is a pretty market town with ornate city gates, a fabulous Gothic Rathaus and gable and lots of half-timbered buildings...All very photogenic.
I couldn't resist getting the camera out in Ruhstadt either. This a village of red brick houses, most having a storks' nest perched on the roof!
For the last few days we have passed many old border towers, a reminder of the East/West days...
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