Miedzyzdroje, Poland to Cottbus, Germany

Today I was in a completely different group from everyone else so it was a quite ride.  Leaving this morning Geert was checking out my GoPro Claw that I have attached to the bike so I can take pictures while I am driving.  I have had quite a number of people check it out as it really works great. I can move it from left to right and even turn the camera right around without it coming unclamped - at least so far!

Apparently today we crossed most of the region Zachodniopomorskie, which is a low-lying region, dotted with moraines hills, river valleys and more than 1,500 lakes, including some that are former sea bays.  This comes out of our EPR book that we received at the start of the ride.  The towns were filled with older buildings and some new ones as well.  Some old factories are still working factories.  

Some of the roads were in very bad condition and this morning Geert told anyone with false teeth to keep their mouths closed - he wasn't joking.  We rode over several areas where the roads were very rough cobblestone which shook the bikes up quite a bit.  I'm surprised they are all still running! Some of the roads we also saw "ladies of the night" or in this case "the day" as they were waiting on the side of the road for customers!  Maybe this one was actually selling something but I am not sure as there didn't seem to be a difference.

Tonight we arrived earlier than normal to the hotel in preparation for the "Monster Ride" tomorrow!  The "Monster Ride" is a 570 km day and we leave at 6:00 am with the briefing starting at 5:45 am.  Luggage trucks are ready between 5:00 and 5:30 as they need to leave early with our food for breakfast.  We are going to have a picnic breakfast on the road somewhere!  Could be interesting for sure to see how many make the "Monster Ride".  There is usually a prize or gift that we will receive tomorrow night so everyone has headed to bed early tonight - or at least most.  The rest of the hotel guests have been warned that there might be noisy tomorrow early in the morning and there has been posters posted in the elevators to state that.  Hopefully no one gets too upset with the hotel when the roar of the engines starts up!  

Next stop Bratislava, Slovakia!!