A Spreewald Roundtrip
It's been about a year ago, but still interesting to share. In September 2022, my family and I had gone to the Spreewald “capital” Lübbenau for a short weekend trip, and it was beautiful. The four of us spent most of Saturday kayaking from Lübbenau to Lehde and back - a most wonderful experience. My wife shared a kayak with our son; and I, with our daughter. See below for the route (I omitted the detours). Of course we had lunch at some point (note the red star).
It’s a very different way of hiking, very calm. There are almost no boats with motors around - we met but one during the entire trip. Punt boats were a thing, most were heavy with tourists, and because it’s the rules, we had to make way for them. They were very tolerant of our low skill level at steering our kayaks and had some helpful advice for which way to go.
Lehde is a fascinating little village - there are very few streets there, and they’re not necessary, because the many canals serve the same purpose. Even Deutsche Post (our national snail mail provider) comes by punt boat.
We could not say no to having some food typical of the region, and that means bread with lard, and gherkins. Delicious.
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