Day 39: Sat 26 Jul - Torgau to Wittenberg, 72km

17-23 deg C, early clouds clearing to sunny, then cloudy again, that sneaky headwind was there again, and it was quite fresh

Ride: 72km; total time: 5h42

Ride total G: 1,172km

Ride total W: 1,156km

Walk G: 6km; total: 308km

Walk W: 3km; total: 275km

After a pretty decent breakfast, we were packed up and on the bikes by about 8:30am. Straight onto the EV7/Elbe route about 200m down the hill. Today’s ride was very interesting with different kinds of paths and different countryside. We rode through many wheat, corn and sugar beet fields as well as small paddocks filled with either sheep, goats, cattle, or horses. One of the herds of goats was all male, and they were very well endowed, obviously a stud farm. There were also a few really nice looking horse stables, an indication that this region has a great equestrian tradition.  

We stopped for mornos at Dommitzsch, a sticky beak at Pretzsch, and lunch beside the path near Klöden. We were checked-in and in our room #15 just before 2:30pm despite it being a 3pm check-in. We ventured out again just after 4pm to have a look and get dinner. Wittenberg turned out to be a superb little town. It’s an historical renowned for its pivotal role in the Protestant Reformation. Officially named Lutherstadt Wittenberg it is deeply associated with Martin Luther, whose writings and actions from here sparked a religious and cultural transformation. There are two UNESCO World Heritage sites here.  

We hit the 1,000km mark on Thursday, after approximately four weeks of riding.

Torgau Rathaus from our room window this morning 

Breakfast room at our hotel

St. Mary’s Church at Dommitzsch (mornos stop)

Mornos 

St Mary’s and the Dommitzsch Ratskeller

One of the paths today

Another ferry path, a cable ferry this time, smooth as

Ice cream stop

appeared as we came off the ferry so of course we had to stop and have one!

Lunch stop, not sure if the roofed structure is meant as a ‘tent’ as it seemed quite water proof

Picking wild plums at lunch stop

An old windmill beside one of our paths today

Room #15, Hotel-Pension Am Schwanenteich

A really spacious bathroom, but a rather small shower

The alleyway our hotel is in

Our Hotel

Our room is above the name of the hotel, the far right window being the bathroom, and the next two the room

Ride route and stats

Found this on a window sill on our walk this arvo - didn’t know they were used anymore

Swan Pond Park, near our hotel

Immaculate Conception of Mary Catholic Church

Wittenberg Rathaus, late afternoon……..

…….and early evening

Market House

St. Mary’s Town Church - Lutherhaus - World Heritage 

Castle Church - World Heritage 

Wittenberg Marktplatz

We love our flowers

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