wednesday, 23rd of july -100 km

getting up early isn't my cup of tea, not even for a project like this. but heinz still trains one horse and he starts early, and so i had to, too.

i had breakfast at heinz's place, but after about 10 km in a small town called dahme, it seemed to be the right place to get a second one. the town has a nice historic center with a bakery (of course) - i got a wonderful breakfast with something sweet and something salty and coffee - that should do till noon.

since it still was relatively early,  i was sure that i could make it to berlin that day. there were only 90 km to go and  this time i looked through the dirty tricks of my navi in time. i didn't take the trail through the pampa it suggested, but asked some nice ladies who directed me to the right path.

i got on fast and around one i had covered more than half of the distance. but i started to get hungry again. well, no probleme,  i thought, i'll go to zossen, some 35 km shy of berlin, get a last meal and then go on to susanne (a good friend in berlin), where i was supposed to stay that night.

when i arrived at zossen, it turned out to be more difficult than anticipated. there were not  too many places, where i could get something to eat, and even fewer who would give something. at least three sympathetic waitresses of a bakery bought me a 'schnittchen' from their own tip-money. but a schnittchen isn't really that much for a grown man.

the only other places i passed were supermarkets. as i felt weak, i had to check in one of them, a liedl. there were no employees available to ask, so i decided to take the money, i got from the refugee in zwickau and bought bananas!

with that and plenty of water, i took on the last kilometres to  berlin. when i arrived at alexanderplatz, susanne was still at work. so i lay there beneath the tower, ate one more banana, and let my mind wander. so much had happened in the last two weeks.

later, when susanne came home, it was a happy reunion. after turning myself into a human beeing again, we had a great supper and later we went out a bit. talking and talking - that is why i wrote this report only today (the 24th), sorry folks.

also, susanne offerd me a day off at her place, which i take gladly. so day 15 might be just a short note.