Traveling by train: On the way to Bornholm

Some initial thoughts …

Studies and a career in the law is not particularly facilitating for long -distance hiking. Although a part of me would love to take the time to walk at, PCT or CDT, for now I am happy to make the most of the few days here, one week at the same time to discover the smallest paths around wherever I live at that time. Last year was the Kungsleden in Sweden, then the Hebridean Way in Scotland the previous year. The previous adventures include West Highland Way (also in Scotland) and five days in the smoks. This year, as summer months passed, I was beginning to think that it would need to reserve hiking plans for the following year.

The last months have been a whirlwind. At the beginning of May I left Tromsø, Norway, where I had been studying during the last 8 months, I visited family and friends in the United States, I presented my master’s thesis in early June and a few days later he moved to Germany to start a doctoral position. With the abrupt transition between finishing my teachers in Norway and starting my new job at a university in Halle (Saale), a city in eastern Germany, I did not have my normal summer hiking adventure. Now a few months after that position, I have settled in my new life, my new routines. Established Execution Routes, Located Favorite Coffee places. When I granted my holidays, I immediately dedicated myself to planning a few days on the road and ended up stumbling with a jewel of a path on Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, nicknamed. The Sun Lake (Sunshine Island) with a ferry connection to northern Germany.

Bornholm has been appointed as the best hiking and vacation destination in Europe: he had even been in Bornholm once before while studying in Copenhagen for a semester, spending a day by bicycle to some of the tourist sites. I was very happy to discover Bornholm’s coastal path (coastal path In Danish, Coastal Hiking Route in German) that follows the coast of the island for approximately 120 km, or 75 miles, just the correct length to complete in a few days. And what is more important (since I do not have a car), you can access the island through public transport from Halle. You would need a little to do to get there, but completely possible.

The adventure begins! Day 1: Traveling by land from Halle (Saale) to Sassnitz

The morning of my Halle departure, I woke up without the nerves prior to the trail. The only indication of anxiety that I felt focused on a tight train connection that I had to do. Although Deutsche Bahn, the state transport company of Germany, until now had been firmly reliable for me, I have heard too many stories of the failures and the lack of reliability of Deutsche Bahn to remain completely reliable. That said, as someone who grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where passenger trains are non-existent, despite the delays, however, I am continuous for the ease of traveling available to people without a car like me. I went through my packaging verification list for the last time, I made sure I had my phone, identification, charger, etc., I lifted my gorilla package of Gossamer Gear and put a Saturday dream for the central station.

The first stage of the trip, Halle (Saale) to Berlin, HauptBanhof was as soft as it could, I read my book (particularly when I left adventures alone, I will always bring a book, the extra weight is worth it! My selection for this path was Jane Austen’s. EmmaCheerful, laugh to laugh sometimes, nothing that makes me wake up in my store with a beginning when a mouse whisper through the grass out of my store) and began the last episode of Backpacker Radio. I made my connection on the regional train to Stralsund … along with what seemed half of the Berlin population. I spent only the first hour standing, before finding a window of the window where I could pose, and finally find a seat during the last hour when the train delivered its passengers throughout the country.

Upon arriving in Stralsund, I found my next platform and … here it was, the dreaded delay, but at this point I was now in the final stretch of the day trip and there were no connections at risk. I observed to increase the delay constantly. Once an hour arrived, I left the station for a bit of vagabundo, I tried some ice cream and returned with my book to the platform. At this point, it seemed that the train was on its way to the station, but it was no longer going to the last stops (including mine).

… And I’m still waiting

Finally, I was on board, rumbleing in fields of solar panels and wind turbines, undulating the grain and corn in the breeze, the centers of the industry and the remains of the industry for a long time advanced, leaving only warehouses and white view windows. The first look of the sea surprised me by surprise. More closed! After a last train change, I emerged in the coastal complex and in the city of Sassnitz on the German island of Rügen.

Sassnitz in the sun

The meeting storm

The city borders the Jasmund National Park, known for its white chalk cliffs. I took a tour of the city, through the bustling Harbor ice cream shops, souvenir shops that sell beach theme chucheías, maritime thematic museums, cruises at sunset. For this point, the night approached and with it the clouds were being built. The weather had been threatening the rain all afternoon and the storm finally broke with the long thunder that echoed in the port. I hurriedly put on my rain team and take refuge under a cantilever for the initial attack. Once the thunder passed (still raining), I walked 30 minutes through the forest to a camp designated for cars/RV races/tent (Naturerlebniscamp Birkengrund) located on the edge of the Jasmund National Park and complete with the luxuries of current water, bathrooms and picnic tables.

The rain cleaned when I arrived, and quickly configured my store (Gossamer Gear the One, which has served me well in adventures in all Nordic countries). I just walk with a trekking post, so I also carry one of the Gossamer Gear tent posts, a system that has worked for me so far in my adventure.

Campisite established, I started preparing my dinner. I am a cold dildo and I have been for all my backpacker adventures, and I enjoy the meals I prepare. The textures do not bother me, so if my meals are the same vaguely soft texture, I still enjoy them, since the flavors are pleasant. Maybe that is the secret to being a cold successful, having low standards in texture. I started strong with powdered potatoes and other dust -shaped vegetables with nutritional yeast and spices prepared in my trusted talent bottle. When the sun began to wear, I went out to walk through some of the surrounding paths (the hiking part of this blog has not yet begun, and needed to stretch my legs a bit!). A dense fog rose from the wet earth to the warm night, turning my environment into cotton cotton pink in the light of the west sun.

When I got cozy in my store, I was surprised at the warm outside that I was in a marked contrast with the previous paths that I have walked in Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the smoks where the moment the sun puts the temperatures that fall. Now, however, I faced the reality that I could have overcome, perhaps my jacket for implaral and wool base layers were not necessary? But, unfortunately, I was caught with them for the rest of my walk. At least they are grouped, they make an excellently comfortable pillow! I read my book, listening to the soft conversations of other camp users who bloom around me in a large amount of foreign languages.

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