bike ride through rural east berlin

This weekend we took a train outside of the city and were surprised to find that in less than 20 minutes the urban landscape had completely transformed into picturesque countryside. Our German friend and guide takes these bikes rides almost every weekend in the summer, sometimes biking 6 hours to Poland! I might need to work up to that one, because the 35ks we did was just plenty for me at this point.

Along the way:

riding through the country side of former east germany


taking a dip in one of the many lakes we passed by,


country produce stand with honey&marmalade, put your money in the box & please be honest!


a rare spotting of the classic 1960s East German car the 'Trabant', see more here

Biking through the tiny villages and enjoying the old style houses.


the landscape reminded me of northern Wisconsin sometimes.

We spotted some sour cherry trees that were perfectly ripe, YUM!

I have plenty more pictures of all the things we have been up to here so if you are interested go here. Hope you are all staying warm in NZ, I am going to visit blogs this avo to catch up on the many cozy scenes of winter baking, knitting, and fireside warmth.

xoKimberlee