{"id":1820,"date":"2024-07-14T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T13:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:40:24","slug":"cycling-for-shatsa-2024-antwerpen-berlijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-antwerpen-berlijn\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling for Shatsa 2024: Antwerp - Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1820\" class=\"elementor elementor-1820\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title 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data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/graffiti-fiets.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1838\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/graffiti-fiets.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/graffiti-fiets-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/graffiti-fiets-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72177720318990510\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Photos all rides Antwerp-Berlin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14 July: Antwerp-Herentals (35 km) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I only left in the afternoon and did not cycle along the fastest route next to the\u00a0<strong>Albert Canal<\/strong>, but inland until the Nete valley and then via the Kleine Nete all the way meandering to\u00a0<strong>Grobbendonk<\/strong>. From there through the nature reserve behind the military camp to my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/welcometomygarden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Welcome To My Garden<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0host Jorge in Herentals. Who has an operational home brewery<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brouwerijleysen.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrouwerijLeysen?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZX_aXx_RgBlZH9iXr-XC2LpXcHXld5f1ziOJt3wQBkEh8Qh7U69KesGVAhK5H-NKo_Ax4IenrFzUeMIgnOZfjPuTp2XIDKehHd6NW0jpgEEOGtvaVc66J5yp-1F3-sjyVZEpA8cm-yKpPGMvASDaswHVchkYBFMB2MXL-KgvOCpQ-r9NnApEATdAGP9nN-srNRF5EdyiXrzv6dRpo2P96PnT3ZtIIlyj7QwOjjYguDQpQ&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Leysen Brewery<\/strong><\/a>. I tried one of his beers, and it did deliver a surprise (see earlier post).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb0ce2c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cb0ce2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-kamperen-in-tuin-van-familiebrouwerij\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more about Baskwadder beer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b11a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56b11a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/C-20240714-Baskwadder-brouwerij.docx\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca69a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cca69a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jorge-Herentals.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1824\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jorge-Herentals.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jorge-Herentals-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jorge-Herentals-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324e1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324e1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorge &amp; family<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f638ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f638ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 15: Herentals - Heeze (70.4 km) l<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For nearly 50 km along the\u00a0<strong>Bocholt-Herentals Canal<\/strong>. Thoughtless cycling, too bad about the strong headwind. At\u00a0<strong>Neerpelt<\/strong>\u00a0was finally allowed to turn left, got the wind from the right and rode through forests, so much lighter pedalling. That was not too bad for the last 20 km, as fatigue was already starting to weigh on me. My legs clearly weren't used to it anymore.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Points of interest: the\u00a0<strong>Achelse Kluis\/St.-Benedictus Abbey<\/strong>\u00a0in Achel, where I took a break in monastic silence, and the Leenders forest in the Netherlands.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camping I did in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/camping-de-kluis.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Camping \"De Kluis<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201c<\/strong>, where I also stayed in 2013 and 2018 with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/els.vanvlimmeren.7?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZX_aXx_RgBlZH9iXr-XC2LpXcHXld5f1ziOJt3wQBkEh8Qh7U69KesGVAhK5H-NKo_Ax4IenrFzUeMIgnOZfjPuTp2XIDKehHd6NW0jpgEEOGtvaVc66J5yp-1F3-sjyVZEpA8cm-yKpPGMvASDaswHVchkYBFMB2MXL-KgvOCpQ-r9NnApEATdAGP9nN-srNRF5EdyiXrzv6dRpo2P96PnT3ZtIIlyj7QwOjjYguDQpQ&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Els van Vlimmeren<\/a>\u00a0and our dog Biko. Heeze is close to the magnificent\u00a0<strong>Stabrecht Heath<\/strong>, with its 1850 hectares the largest contiguous heathland area in North Brabant.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day after, it was raining and I took a walk to the village and the castle. From a side porch, I could peek into the gloomy interior of the rather large St Martin's church, but you cannot enter the church.<\/p><p>During an evening stroll, I saw huge huge, illuminated tents in the distance. That appeared to be where preparations were taking place for Heeze's annual grand theatre parade. More than worth writing a separate article about.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe6e29 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cbe6e29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More about Theaterparde Heeze <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f8abf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72f8abf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 17: Heeze - Maasbree (46.6 km)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccc3ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccc3ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday I made a diversion to first cycle 14 km on a gravel path through the beautiful Stabrecht heathland. Some heather bushes were already starting to bloom. Next month it will turn a beautiful purple here.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then continued until\u00a0<strong>Maasbree<\/strong>\u00a0along quiet rural roads and on separate cycle paths next to provincial roads. Lovely cycling weather, courtesy of the westerly wind.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overnight in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intniet.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Nature camping in t 'Niet<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0an oasis of calm (\u20ac15 for cycle campers).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomorrow another 10 km to\u00a0<strong>Venlo<\/strong>, where I stop by Bever Sport to see if they have an Exped inflation bag for my air mattress and also browse around. I like doing that in camping shops. Right after that I'm in Deutschland!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd4596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cd4596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Achelse-KluisSt.-Benedictus-abdij.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1825\" alt=\"Achelse Kluis, St.-Benedictus abdij\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Achelse-KluisSt.-Benedictus-abdij.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Achelse-KluisSt.-Benedictus-abdij-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Achelse-KluisSt.-Benedictus-abdij-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b50c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50b50c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Achelse Kluis, St Benedict's abbey<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0e51b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc0e51b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 18: Venlo - Sonsbeck-Labbeck (52.5km - 330 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c3b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64c3b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ride from Maasbree to\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venlo<\/strong>\u00a0was quickly peaked, just 10 km. At <strong>Venlo<\/strong> is not much to see. The 16th-century Town Hall on Market Square and here and there another historic building. The old centre with its many shops is mainly focused on <strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consumerist border tourism<\/strong> from Germany.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Venlo <strong>I crossed the border<\/strong> and I followed a provincial job. In <strong>Straelen<\/strong>, the first village across the border, I did some shopping. Back at my bike, a woman approached me. She was at the Warm Showers cycling platform and asked if I needed shelter. How kind! Too bad, I would have loved to stay with her, but I had to move on to get to M\u00fcnster in time. There, on Sunday, I was invited to a Tibetan party to celebrate the Dalai Lama's birthday.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 10 kilometres presented me with my first medium-difficult climb. That takes getting used to again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758bb43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"758bb43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-juli-24_Fiets-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-juli-24_Fiets-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-juli-24_Fiets-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-juli-24_Fiets-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-juli-24_Fiets.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d45b054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d45b054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>NL-DE border crossing<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f015c5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f015c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 19: Sonsbeck - Sythen (75.6 km - 500 alt)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b35394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b35394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nice stretch in the morning: first the\u00a0<strong>Boxeler radweg<\/strong>\u00a0over a former railway line through the woods, then past\u00a0<strong>Xanten<\/strong>\u00a0crossing the Rhine by ferry and continuing along a quiet\u00a0<strong>Rhine cycle path<\/strong>\u00a0with sweeping vistas.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From\u00a0<strong>Wesel<\/strong>\u00a0again a ravel railway line through forests to the hem of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturpark-hohe-mark.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Naturpark Hohe Mark<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. At the village\u00a0<strong>Krudenburg<\/strong>\u00a0I found a magnificent lunch spot next to a refreshing fountain - which I took eager advantage of in this hot weather. The water splashing did cause some 'urge to pee', and when I looked for a suitable\u00a0<em>'bosque'\u00a0<\/em>looking up, I saw a public toilet 50 metres away. Everything top-notch organised for women in Germany.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now through a natural park! I was expecting a fresh forest ride, but it turned out somewhat differently: mostly I cycled alongside <strong>hot-hot large jobs<\/strong>, except for 20 cooling forest kilometres. There, near a fens, I saw a stork's nest with already large young.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it's starting to slope nicely here too, but the legs are getting stronger every day, I feel especially on the slopes. It is not true that from a certain age you can no longer gain muscle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d939f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d939f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wezel.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1826\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wezel.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wezel-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wezel-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9bdfd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9bdfd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Weasel<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ad020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09ad020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 20: Sythen - M\u00fcnster (46.3 km - 280 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b5eac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82b5eac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\">Ten kilometres on a gravel road through forests, then non-stop along the main track to M\u00fcnster. A\u00a0<i>'<\/i><strong>blaker ride<\/strong><i>\u2018<\/i>\u00a0with little shade.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\">The last section next to the\u00a0<b>Aasee<\/b>\u00a0<strong>more<\/strong> to the inner city was the most beautiful. Seeing all those people beside the water in tree-shaded spots, I couldn't resist flattening myself down too and 'grounding' under a tree for 10 minutes or so. Nothing is more soothing than the exchange between differently charged body and earth ions.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\">On my way to the city campsite, I crossed the city centre. It looks a cosy city, with little traffic.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\">Tomorrow morning I will go to the <strong>LWL art museum<\/strong>, the Cathedral and St Lambert's Church. At 3pm, it's party time with Tibetans at the 'Giant billiard balls', a work by Swedish-American artist\u00a0<b>Claes Oldenburg<\/b>\u00a0at the Aasee esplanade, which I cycled past this afternoon.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b56891 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3b56891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-munster-verjaardagsfeest-dalai-lama\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Dalai Lama's birthday party<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b920a97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b920a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Park-bij-Aasee.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1827\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Park-bij-Aasee.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Park-bij-Aasee-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Park-bij-Aasee-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c286fb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c286fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Peace and quiet in park beside Aasee lake<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197572f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"197572f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-munster\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Munster art and culture<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac3e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ac3e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 22: M\u00fcnster - Ferienhof Kr\u00f6ger (66.2 km - 180 alti) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478cbbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"478cbbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tonight and tomorrow I am sleeping in the holiday home of my cousin Wolf and his partner Nomi and little daughter Mona. Two nights in a comfortable bed, I'm looking forward to it !<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From\u00a0<strong>M\u00fcnster<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>Halle<\/strong>\u00a0I rode along beautiful, quiet country roads or exclusive cycle paths through fresh forests or along vast fields. A relief after the busy provincial road up to Munster last Saturday. And the temperature and wind were also with us today.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the town of Halle, I still had 10 km to go. It got very hilly, with some steep calf bites during which I sometimes had to stop to de-acidify my legs before I could continue climbing. And as a result, I still arrived at Nomi and Wolf's place pretty sweaty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa77f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2aa77f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 24: Ferienhof Kr\u00f6ger - Erder (52.2 km - 500 alti) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f2ed0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f2ed0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today it was again\u00a0<em>'knots'\u00a0<\/em>alongside busy roads, on usually bumpy cycle paths. And then it was up and down briskly. Fortunately, the wind was usually with us, from rear-left to side-left.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From\u00a0<strong>Exter<\/strong>\u00a0I could finally cycle some kilometres via a shortcut that was much more pleasant. Just outside Exter was a <strong>jumping for junior girls<\/strong> busy. I lingered for a moment, thinking back to the time when I did the same. Half a century ago by now, hoho!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 6 km after\u00a0<strong>Vlotho<\/strong>\u00a0I rode along the Weser cycle path, but unfortunately again next to a busy lane. In terms of cycling routes, Germany disappoints me a bit. I had expected more roads through quiet nature in such a vast country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34f0a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34f0a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jumping-Exter.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1828\" alt=\"Jumping Exter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jumping-Exter.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jumping-Exter-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jumping-Exter-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ead0e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ead0e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Jumping just outside Exter<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f4b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1f4b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 25: Erder - Hameln (37.9 km - 220 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e9982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72e9982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wind was good (SW) and the route through the\u00a0<strong>Weser Valley\u00a0<\/strong>was only slightly undulating. The first 5km on a gravel road were sometimes tricky as they contained many skid marks. Otherwise, it was mostly on quiet local roads.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 20 km, I had to cross the Weser with a ferry. The ferry was on the other side. I waited for a while but there was no sign of movement. When I checked the timetable, it turned out it was not running today. So I continued on the left bank of the Weser to Hameln, the town of the famous Pied Piper.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About five kilometres before Hameln, heavy fatigue suddenly overtook me in the legs. I couldn't get it out with a rest. Normally I had 16 km to go until\u00a0<strong>Coppenbr\u00fcgge<\/strong>, with a tough climb the last 7 km. But in <strong>Hameln<\/strong> is a city campsite right next to the Weser River. I passed it and decided to turn in. Enough for today, listen to the body.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By five o'clock, my tent was up, I had showered and rested for a while. Time to take a walk to the old town.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I got to the\u00a0<strong>Nicolaikerk<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>Marktplatze<\/strong>\u00a0arrived, a <strong>organ concert<\/strong> begin. Just what I needed now that the legs felt so heavy. Sitting for 35 minutes, eyes closed and enjoying the music of Edwin Lemare (1865-1934), Bach (1685-1750), Jehan Alain (1911-1940) and Jonathan Scott (1978). Then a little stroll through the old town and back to the campsite to crawl into my sleeping bag early.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e37ae59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e37ae59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-juli-24_Camping-Hameln_1.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6026b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6026b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hameln city campsite with rat catcher<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500079e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"500079e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 26: Hameln - Hildesheim (53 km - 480 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa5e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daa5e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <strong>Hameln<\/strong>\u00a0I was stranded earlier than planned due to a sudden onset of severe fatigue in my legs. I crawled into the sleeping bag early, but <strong>overnight<\/strong> it began to incessantly <strong>rain<\/strong>. Not a nice prospect for the next cycling day. And indeed, still rain in the early morning, which meant I had to pack everything in the tent and put it in the front porch. Then unhitched and folded the mostly still dry inner tent, and had breakfast in the much roomier outer tent with occasional drops of condensation on the neck.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaving in a light drizzle, I was not too bad, but after an hour it started pouring again. A porch with a wooden bench of a closed tavern offered shelter until the worst was over. Then the drizzle continued again.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the past few days I cycled mostly along major lanes and asphalt roads, this morning it was a coincidence that there were mostly <strong>wet gravel with many steep calf-biting climbs<\/strong> were on the menu. Nowhere were bus shelters or opportunity to take shelter and eat anything. When I arrived in\u00a0<strong>Coppenbr\u00fcgge<\/strong>\u00a0arrived, I therefore eagerly ducked into a hunting pub to dry off, rest and eat something in the meantime. The legs still felt heavy. Thank God it had stopped raining by now.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To avoid any further muddy gravel, I switched from Komoot navigator to Apple's 'maps'. That navigator guided me along comfortable routes as far as <strong>Hildesheim<\/strong>. Only the last kilometre was less comfortable. The <strong>youth hostel<\/strong>-where I had booked a bed yesterday rain-provided -is on a hill overlooking the city. I had already seen it on the route profile: another <strong>calf climb over 800 metres<\/strong> which I did not run out of without stopovers and some bike pushing. But with the finish line in sight, I always manage that little bit better.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, I arrived back much more tired than usual. I even looked forward to making my bed, actually a chore of nothing compared to setting up an entire <em>encampment<\/em>. And for dinner I only had to sit down to dinner, pure luxury.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of writing in the evening and planning the rest of my trip on the laptop, I fell into a comatose sleep on the made-up bed at 19:15 for an hour or two. After that, I was able to spend another hour or so doing things.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No photos from this wet and grey day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 27: Hildesheim-Braunschweig (52.2 km - 170 alti) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b928a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5b928a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A salubrious night in a nice bed does wonders. And a clement cycling route and climate help. After a 'nose dive' to the inner city of <strong>Hildesheim<\/strong> and a visit to the <strong>Mariendom<\/strong>, it went smoothly along a gently undulating cycle path next to a provincial road until\u00a0<strong>Brunswick<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No landscape photos from along the way. I have now grown bored of vast fields of patties, cereals and maize and now have to look for imagery from sights along the way: the\u00a0<strong>Cathedral in Hildesheim<\/strong>. Where the last bishop apparently also indulged in severe sexual abuse....<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a321f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a321f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1482\" alt=\"Mariendom Hildesheim\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/26-juli-24_Mariendom-Hildesheim.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34dbd56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34dbd56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Mariendom Hildesheim<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dfd6b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dfd6b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No fatigue at all when I arrived at <strong>campingplatze Kemmelbad<\/strong> - indeed with a swimming pond - where, moreover, the friendly volunteer manager gave me a place under a large party tent to stay dry during the predicted evening rain, which is now in full swing.<\/p><p>And my lesson of the past three days: <strong>don't stay on steep calf bites for too long<\/strong> going above my leg strength. That going deep into the red causes fatigue, and recovery at my age is too slow. Wisdom comes with age, though sometimes it takes a while.<\/p><p>Tomorrow Sunday I have appointment in <strong>Daghpo Karma Dechen Ling<\/strong>, a Tibetan centre in Braunschweig, and Monday I take advantage of it to visit the city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d6c96 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"59d6c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-dharmacentrum-in-braunschweig\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Daghpo Karma Dechen Ling<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbcd5f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cfbcd5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-braunschweig\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">City visit Braunschweig<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35459d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35459d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 31: Braunschweig- Helmstedt (38.8 km, 320 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2e8b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d2e8b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty kilometres on a clear cycle path next to a provincial road, through <strong>always the same agricultural landscape<\/strong>. Nothing noteworthy seen, except halfway through a <strong>large B\u00e4ckerei\/Conditorei<\/strong>\u00a0with a tempting large terrace and delicious Zahnetorte. Occasional sins on my low-sugar diet are allowed. I'll cycle it back off.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven kilometres from Helmstedt is the infamous <strong>former GDR border crossing near Mari\u00ebnborn<\/strong>. I thought that one was worth a diversion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c457016 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c457016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-marienborn-vroegere-grensovergang-met-ddr\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Photo report border post Marienborn<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e920a4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e920a4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/31-juli-24_DDR_5.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1503\" alt=\"DDR Grensovergang bij Marienborn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/31-juli-24_DDR_5.webp 960w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/31-juli-24_DDR_5-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/31-juli-24_DDR_5-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36da6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f36da6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Former GDR border crossing near Marienborn<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830dbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"830dbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the way, I had seen a flyer somewhere of a <strong>museum of contemporary art in Wolfsburg<\/strong>. That appealed to me enormously, especially after the rather oppressive visit to Mari\u00ebnborn. Wolfsburg is 30 kilometres from Helmstadt in a direction I didn't need to go at all. I decided to go there by bus, and it was definitely worth it<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85512c9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85512c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-wolfsburg-kunstmuseum\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Photo report museum Wolfsburg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a017407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a017407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2 Aug: Helmstedt - Magdeburg\/Biederitz (70.7 km, 410 alti). <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfba68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddfba68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rained all night, so I packed the tent again, unpacked the inner tent and put it away separately and had breakfast under the outer tent, without making coffee because I don't like using my gas stove in the tent. I would drink that coffee on the way.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the time I left, it was dry. The route was nicer and quieter than the past section. I now found myself in former\u00a0<strong>East Germany<\/strong>, maybe that has something to do with it. As for the coffee, I could tap my chin until\u00a0<strong>Magdeburg<\/strong>, +50 km away. To compensate for the coffee deprivation endured, I then also treated myself to an ice cream.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To still take something of Magdeburg with me besides that ice cream parlour, I already took a stroll through the city centre. Pretty nice, including a building designed by the famous Austrian architect\u00a0<strong>Hundertwasser<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Domplatz<\/strong>\u00a0and some beautiful churches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84e6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f84e6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hundertwasser-huis-Magdeburg-768x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1829\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hundertwasser-huis-Magdeburg-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hundertwasser-huis-Magdeburg-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hundertwasser-huis-Magdeburg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a35ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33a35ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Hundertwasser House Magdeburg<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb21de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6eb21de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3 Aug: Biederitz - Verlorenwasser (66.1 km; 320 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549f2cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"549f2cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, a pleasant route. In the small town\u00a0<strong>M\u00f6ckern<\/strong>\u00a0I passed a kebab joint where I could also get a veggie salad with pasta. After Mockern, some difficult passages followed along a dirt road.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to spend the night at a 'ferienpark' but when I arrived there, fairly tired because of the heat, it turned out to be closed that Saturday night because of no staff present. I was referred to the <strong>Hirschentr\u00e4nke gasthof<\/strong> in Verlorenwasser, 3 kilometres away. There I was fortunately able to visit Bernd and Eva.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2586a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d2586a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernd-en-Eva.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1833\" alt=\"Bernd en Eva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernd-en-Eva.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernd-en-Eva-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2725ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2725ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Bernd and Eva<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03274fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03274fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 Aug: Verlorenwasser - Potsdam (61 km, 320 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1734444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1734444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 61 km of leisurely cycling, I arrived at the last campsite before <strong>Potsdam<\/strong>, about five kilometres from the Old Town and its pompous Prussian palaces. Naturally, I took a day off from cycling to visit Potsdam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1773189 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1773189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-shatsa-2024-potsdam\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Palaces and culture Potsdam<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688c644 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"688c644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1488\" alt=\"Zuilengalerij achterkant Sanssouci paleis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-aug_24-Potsdam_2.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca897e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca897e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Potsdam<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9892c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9892c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6 Aug: Potsdam - Berlin Mitte (39.6 km, 300 alti)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c6d873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c6d873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadtschloss-Berlijn.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadtschloss-Berlijn.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadtschloss-Berlijn-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadtschloss-Berlijn-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddb56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddb56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Stadtschloss Berlin<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38df9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38df9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this, then, was the short <strong>queen ride of my first draft section<\/strong>, arriving in Berlin. 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