Europe on a Virago Days 57 to 62

Rode through Czech Republic through small villages with picturesque scenery

Rode off the main road when tired and found a cheap smokey hotel at Nove Dobry.
Headed off the next day along the Elbe river valley towards Germany.

The scene above is in a town called........Horni Police. (!!)
Crossed into Germany and stopped to take a look at Bastei, a popular spot overlooking the Elbe with sandstone peaks.

Warm and sunny so found a camping ground near Konigstein.

Next day headed north to a local beauty spot on the river Spree called Lubben

Passed through beautiful stretches of forested countryside.

The local Youth hostel was full with 100 young schoolkids but the camping ground had plenty of space and was only 13 euros a night (AUD$19.50)

Lubben is only one hour by train south of Berlin and has a train service once an hour so the next day which was overcast and showery I caught the 07:22 service to the Berlin Haupbahnhof. and did a walking tour of the city.

Parliament building

Brandenburg gate

Not much of the wall left.

Went to a couple of museums and in one saw the bust of nerfititi, the Egyptian princess.

This image from the web, photos not allowed.
Happy to catch the train home by mid afternoon.

That night there was a huge thunderstorm with lightening all around.  The youth hostel manager kindly let me use a spare room. The next day it rained all day so spent two night in the room hand washing my clothes and drying them on the radiator.
When I left the next morning the forecast was for no rain but the skies were completely overcast and I found myself shivering with the cold as I headed north and West around Berlin on the autobahn.
Had enough by 12:30pm so am writing this in a small hotel in a place called Fehrbellin, hoping for a nicer day tomorrow.