Magdeburg; Sunday, 29 July, 2012

Just under two hours and 200Km later and you wouldn’t have known that the weather had been so bad earlier. I arrived in Magdeburg and was greeted with the kind of warm, but fresh, weather that had been so missing in Schwerin. None of the clammy humid conditions, instead a light breeze and sun.

After checking into the hotel I headed out into the city for a wander around. I started by heading out to the Elbauenpark on the edge of town, intending to have a look around as it was still open. When I got there I found out that there was an entrance charge just to get into the park. As the entrance charge was a lot lower on a Monday (as most things would be closed, as they were at that time), I decided to come back later, and instead headed back into the centre of town.

I had a wander around the cathedral area and along a small remaining part of the former fortress walls that used to surround the city centre, before looking for some dinner.

It was at this point I found out that the people of Magdeburg clearly eat early on a Sunday as everywhere had stopped serving. In the end I had to rely on a bratwurst stall in the station for a pleasant, if unhealthy, dinner.