Neuendorf to Hohegeiß

DATELINE: Thursday 30th May 2013
2nd Leg: Neuendorf to Hohegeiß (Harz Mountains)

I had located another biker-friendly guesthaus about 450km north-west of Neuendorf, just near the start of the Harz Mountains, well-known to German bikers (at least) as being an excellent area for the twisties and had planned to head to that area. However, once more the weather intervened and turned foul. So, when the heavens opened again, I decided to get as close to my safe haven - Berlin -  as quickly as possible.  So back on the motorway and another nightmare, although not as bad as the Belgian experience. I was amazed at how many motorists on the motorways there didn't use dipped headlights in the atrocious conditions. It was really dangerous as you couldn't see traffic coming up behind you - crazy!!
The only real concern I had on the German motorways is that some of the traffic is moving at very high speed and constant awareness of what was happening behind is as important as what is happening in front, if not more so.
At about 7pm I came off the A2 motorway to re-fuel and felt so knackered that I resolved to stop at whatever  accommodation I came upon next. This happened to be the Hotel Friso in Helmstedt, about 250km south of Berlin. And it proved very fortuitous as it was an excellent hotel and biker-friendly as well!
Started writing this blog when I retired for the night - after a couple of very welcome beers of course.

Next morning up around 8am and although dry - rain clouds were gathering.  Das frühstück (breakfast) was better than any English fry-up.... apart from the usual boiled eggs, hot rolls, fruit juice, cereals, yogurt, cold meat selection, there was gravlax (cured salmon) and trout ... yummy.