Ok, so today was interesting. I got going pretty late for who knows what reason. I checked out and stashed my bags in the storage room at the hostel, then headed over to the station wih cheese in hand, intent on taking a quick trip over to Wandsbek to drop it off. The next available train was just before 11. Brilliant thinks I, I'll load up the bike and take it over there with me (I have already bought a return ticket, may as well use it.) So I load up properly,...

Today was exhausting once I got to it. I lazed around researching where to go for a bike etc till around 10 then I got up, got ready and left for the S-Bahn (tube) station. Game on. Stop 1 - really it was just one stop but as I was about to find out later on, at least a mile away. Walk a lot as I have wrong number for street in my head. Find one shop of supposed two (wrong street) and look at bikes. Considering they were recycled/second hand the prices were ext...

And I'm off. Hamburg to Rügen This year I seem to have disorganisation in my personal life down to a fine art. For example: 1) only figured out my 'what to pack' list the day before my Mom arrived and we went off exploring Scotland 2) Yesterday morning I booked my first 2 night's accommodation in Hamburg. Yesterday afternoon I started looking at airport parking - rookie error, horrendous costs. Last night I checked in online and booked train tickets to get me...