EV10: Day 13: Anklam to Kolczewo

The first 1000 km are done. 🎉🎉🎉 Heading into Poland now. 🇩🇪🚲🇵🇱 #cycle2finland

I’m a bit late with the report on yesterday. I started out in Anklam and quickly made my way over to the island of Usedom. There is a pretty cool lift bridge, which is still a remnant of WWII: the Nazis raised the bridge as they retreated and destroyed the bridge bases to prevent the Soviets from moving on toward Berlin. The bridge has remained in this raised state ever since.

Then I crossed over to Poland and saw the Baltic Sea for the first time on this journey. 😍

Also, I am now following the EuroVelo 10 #ev10 cycle trail. The road conditions are difficult for bike tourists: long stretches of deep sand through the woods, or miles of old military cobblestone — less than ideal if you carry four bags and a tent on your bike. The only alternative is riding the main road, which has no cycleway, alongside heavy truck traffic.
Also, all the beach towns are very touristy and they are PACKED during this time, as it’s holiday season in Poland. And the tourist mile looks like it could be anywhere in the world.

However, there are lots of beautiful national parks and long stretches of amazing sand beaches with no people for miles. So that makes up for it all. 😊

I made my way to a little camp site on a farm, as I try to avoid the touristy party camp sites — and after some locals discouraged me from staying at a picnic site due to some aggressive boars. A young dad and his son immediately invited me over for dinner with dal and rice, which was amazing. You meet so many nice and interesting people when traveling.

Oh, and in the morning I woke up to a dog peeing on my tent. 😑

#cycle2finland #bikepacking #ev10 #eurovelo10 #92km #700hm

I slept here.

Route

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