Day 6: Norden-Ostbense

This morning, I didn’t have breakfast included in my overnight stay. So I walked to a nearby bakery and had breakfast there instead, including a piece of rhubarb cake because I figured, why not.

I had to choose between two routes that Google Maps suggested: one along the dyke and one a kilometre or so behind the dyke. The latter one didn’t seem to have a bicycle lane according to the satellite view on Google Maps, so I chose the dyke option although I was uncertain about the road conditions there.

The first two kilometres or so were literally on the dyke, on the seaside, with a heavy sideways slope. And to make it more fun, a flock of sheep had prepared a slalom course for me with the sheep being the obstacles. After fifteen minutes, I decided that life must be better on the other side of the dyke, and indeed there was a better road there.

For a while there was a paved road, but eventually it turned into the best tarmac you can imagine and I could skate on highway-like conditions for most of the rest of the day.

I took a short break in Nessmersiel and enjoyed a cold malt beer there (typical German non-alcoholic drink) and then continued towards Dornumersiel. In Bensersiel, I wanted to stop for another coffee or so, but the sky looked pretty grey and first raindrops were falling, so I decided to rather continue with the last kilometres towards my hotel. Unfortunately, my room is not ready yet, so I wait in the hotel bar and have time to write my blog. Next blog entry probably Sunday evening.