{"id":2908,"date":"2011-07-07T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2011-10-22T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T20:21:14","slug":"day-49-thursday-july-7-hamburg-to-gluckstadt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=2908","title":{"rendered":"Day 49, Thursday, July 7 – Hamburg to Gluckstadt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamburg is a Huge city that seems to have as many streets of water \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>as those that are paved.\u00a0 We rode for 6 to 7 miles along the Hamburg harbor, one of the main receiving ports for the country; and with Germany importing more goods from China, that (in itself) is a Lot.\u00a0 Saw the sailing ship in port that visits the Norfolk harbor during HarborFest.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Just outside the city, we realized how wide the Elbe Rive had become. \"\"<\/a>We had a short ride through the woods \"\"<\/a>where you could see the steam rising from the street as the sun hit the newly moistened road (yes, it rained again<\/em> last night).<\/p>\n

The route from Hamburg to Gl\u00fcckstadt is a straight shot, except for a couple glitches.\u00a0 We skipped the sandy beach that was part of the course, but could not avoid the stairs.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Seriously, we had to push our bikes with 50 pounds of gear UP the stairs.\"\"<\/a> Once out of the city the water-scape reminded us of southern California,\"\"<\/a> beautiful homes staggered within the hillside overlooking the water……different water of course.<\/p>\n

And then it began………twenty five miles of “dodge the do”.\u00a0\"\"<\/a> We crossed a gate into sheep country.\u00a0 Although we had been biking by<\/em> sheep at all turns in the last two months, we had yet to bike through<\/em> sheep; they wouldn’t move and some even insisted on their picture being taken (you had to be there).\u00a0\"\"<\/a> Cute for the first couple of miles, but after dozens of gate crossings \"\"<\/a>and more piles than you can (breathe through) imagine, we were over it.\u00a0 Luckily, the cows and horses \"\"<\/a>were fenced off <\/em>the course.<\/p>\n

At 1:00 and 45 miles we’d reached our destination\"\"<\/a> and seriously contemplated going on.\u00a0 With the flat, straight course, we didn’t feel we’d biked enough.\u00a0 Over coffee and beer we looked at all options and decided to stay.\u00a0 Found a fabulous little bed and breakfast, Pension Am Museum, might sound stuffy, but it would make most master bedroom suites in a nice home pale in comparison.\u00a0 We settled in, then out the with our obligatory tour.\u00a0 This town seemed different than most in that the town square\"\"<\/a> was the least interesting thing to see.\u00a0 The side streets\"\"<\/a> and small waterways \"\"<\/a>offered a much more interesting site.<\/p>\n

Gl\u00fcckstadt and the surrounding area are known for Matjes (young female herring), so we had<\/strong> to try it….\"\"<\/a>….very tasty.<\/p>\n

And two last pictures for Robyn, beans\"\"<\/a>and flowers, is your garden ready?\"\"<\/a>\n\t\t