Distance: 23km
Duration: 5h and 1.5h break
Weather: sunny with 28C peak temperature, cloudy
Leaving Wittenberg wasn’t easy as I met some great people, had interesting encounters and learned a lot. However, feeling grateful for the opportunity of those connections, I packed my backpack and left the city behind me…which wasn’t actually that easy as it took me about one hour to be back on the hiking path after crossing the bridge across the river and walking along the Main Street out of town. That’s a downside when visiting bigger cities. Once I was back on track, I enjoyed the time and space to reflect on the last two days and the impressions the city gave me. So much that I didn’t really realise that I walked into a dead end being surrounded by water. So I had to walk back and make a detour of a kilometre. Not a big deal but when you know that you have another 20km ahead of you, it feels a bit unnecessary.
The walk was nice and enjoyable with a good length and some variation in the landscape. The final part, however, was my favourite part as it took me through the park of Wörlitz with playful bridges, charming buildings around a big lake. The park was created in the 2nd half of the 18th century and is part of the UNESCO world heritage.
In the end, I even met a family from my neighbour home town…just when I took my flip flops off to cross the little river to the island as I didn’t want to take the long walk. Fun encounter in a small world 🙂
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