Baltic Sea to North Sea

Now following the border of denmark to the North Sea in two days and one final day on the most northern island of Germany called Sylt I tried to finish earlier with the weather changing afterwards.

I started the day after the trail angel came back from his morning shift at around 10 am. A long breakfast stop in a quiet alley and only 1 hour later I stopped for lunch on a bench just outside of Flensburg. There I talked with a mother with her son and dog and on her way back she invited me for a cup of tea. I played with the son and the dog while she cooked pasta with pesto for me. I was really happy about this surprising meeting and I am so grateful for the time I spent with them. I left the secret trail angel and finally made some progress on the day. 3 hours later I arrived in a small village where I bought dinner and stayed at the graveyard with public toilets nearby.
Late in the evening the lights turned on due to a motion sensor and I was a bit tense about someone walking past my sleeping place. I relaxed when I saw a cat creeping into the bushes a few meters away.

Leaving early in the morning on a cold and foggy day I kept walking until the sun got out. In the next village I had a long break for breakfast and a few km later a woman asked if I knew where I was going. A little bit confused I explained to her I am hiking the NST the other way around. The trail followed forest roads until I got to a stunning beautiful camping area hidden in the forest with a little pond. The next stop was Süderlügum, a small town 3 km from the danish border. There I bought dinner and continued out of town back to the border.
While listening to a podcast I walked up a road where a lot of cars were parked on the side and a moment later I saw many people standing on a dike. At first I was really surprised and couldn't figure out what they were watching. Once I got closer I saw swarms of birds all gathering at the same spot in a field on the other side of the dike. I tried to listen to their conversations but with barely any knowledge of danish I couldn't understand a word. I stayed for a while and watched more and more birds gathering in a tiny area hidden in high grass.
For the last hour I followed the road in the dark until I got to Klanxbüll, which is the last stop for the train before it crosses the dam to get on the island. I stayed there in a graveyard again, where I always have water and mostly a sheltered space.Baca lagi