We
had two violent thunderstorms during the night and a third one was finishing
just before breakfast.
We left early, in fine
weather and had just a short walk to reach the West bank of the Elbe. The
surrounding land was pretty flat, mainly farmland and we passed our
biggest flock of sheep to date. They seemed to have no problem understanding my
yorkshire baaa. In fact I had the longest "sheep
chat" of my many walks.
We passed an old
castle, Pillnitz, on the far bank and a bit further on stopped at a small
bakery for cakes and coffee. This was our first lunch stop in over 30
days walking! As we left the bakery the clouds darkened and we soon had to don
waterproof clothing. There was a short thunderstorm, which we waited out,
and then we walked for a while to dry off.
The route alternated
between suburbs and green open areas where 'betreten' was 'verboten'. As we approached Dresden the land on the
far bank rose up to accommodate old chateaux with vineyards.
It was a very pleasant
walk
For the
statisticians among you, today's walk was 19km.
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