I’ve arrived and am setting up in the fellow’s garden. A super bloke, very friendly, as we muddle by in GermEnglish. For EUR 17 a night, with use of the facilities, I can’t complain.
It is certainly in the countryside, on the flat flood plain before the river Oder. Kustrin is an hour away by bicycle, so I think I’ll try to use my bike as much as possible. It’ll maybe cut out some of the sites, but I can always come back.
I’ll then leave via the Halbe Pocket, which will retrace the route taken by the retreating German army and civilians, which is apt. I can then cut up to the point where they finally surrendered to the American on the Elbe.
I crossed the Elbe today, on my way south of Berlin. I was thinking as I drove from the Rhine to Berlin, I was following (near enough) the path of the American army and, of course, a path (amongst many) that RAF / USAAF planes would have followed.
It is certainly in the countryside, on the flat flood plain before the river Oder. Kustrin is an hour away by bicycle, so I think I’ll try to use my bike as much as possible. It’ll maybe cut out some of the sites, but I can always come back.
I’ll then leave via the Halbe Pocket, which will retrace the route taken by the retreating German army and civilians, which is apt. I can then cut up to the point where they finally surrendered to the American on the Elbe.
I crossed the Elbe today, on my way south of Berlin. I was thinking as I drove from the Rhine to Berlin, I was following (near enough) the path of the American army and, of course, a path (amongst many) that RAF / USAAF planes would have followed.
