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Via Imperii Stettin to Berlin in 7 days: stage breakdown (with a tent)
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[QUOTE="florrod, post: 1054331, member: 98940"] [B]Via Imperii Day 2: Stettin to Mescherin (ca. 31+ km)[/B] This stage is a good example of the diversity you encounter on this trail. Unfortunately, all the way to the Polish-German border (20+ km) there is no waymarking at all, so you'll need to rely on the map/GPS. You spot the first seashell almost as soon as you enter Germany. However, the signs are still a bit erratic all the way to Schwedt (next day). Only there do they start to appear more consistently. On day 2, you go through the rundown outskirts of Stettin where you simply follow the main road out of town and pass through a few villages fed by the main transport artery (6-8 km). Then you veer down a leafy alley towards the houses situated lower by the water and you more or less follow the Oder all the way to Kołbaskowo (Kolbitzow), where there is a tiny marina with benches and barbecue areas. If you want a bite to eat on the way, this is probably your best best. Plenty of locals here on the weekend just enjoying the weather and spending time with friends. After that, you walk through a nature reserve and some beautiful rolling meadows all the way to Moczyły (Schillersdorf). On a small hill, you encounter the ruins of a tiny old church, almost completely claimed by a tangle of nettles and ivy (and guarded by a friendly black cat). After a short walk in the fields, you enter the woods and you stay there for quite some time. Definitely bring insect repellent because you're walking next to the river at all times. At one point, there's a picturesque picnic area with a wooden table almost right on the water, enclosed by the rushes. You can find another picnic area just before the town of Pargowo, fields with windmills to one side and corn fields to the other, and then another bigger one on the way out of town. The border crossing is not far from there, in the fields. It's basically a metal fence you have to open and close behind you to keep the wild boar out. More picnic tables at the crossing. An interesting find just as you enter the Mescherin Gemeinde is an ancient burial heap (tumulus) dating to year 1000 B.C. (!) At this point, you need to decide where you want to sleep. There is a pension Pommernstube in Gartz situated right on the riverfront, but the prices are quite steep (starting at 45 EUR/night). This is the only option given in the [URL='https://www.brandenburger-jakobswege.de/files/jakobusgesellschaft/FOTOS/HERBERGEN/%C3%9Cbersicht%20Herbergen_Stand%20Juli%202022.pdf']albergue breakdown[/URL] offered by the St. James society (page 9). Walking to Gartz will take your mileage to about 36 km. I decided to keep slightly off the main trail to [URL='https://goo.gl/maps/yDebn2VCtULvs5NGA']Camping am Oderstrom[/URL] in Mescherin, about 5 km before Gartz (though I still had to reach the campsite, so not quite sure if I shaved as many kilometers off the day's grand total). I can honestly say this was one of the nicest campsites I have ever visited in my entire life and the best on this trail for sure. It's sitting right on the riverbank, the rushes are rustling you to sleep, the tent meadow is luxuriously grassy, and it's huge--hard to imagine this place ever running out of space for tents. Not only that, the restaurant on the premises is quite famous for its food from what I could gather. As I was sitting by the table, hikers and locals kept coming in from the area especially to have dinner there. The place was jam-packed. The kitchen closes at 7 p.m. but on that day, they had to close half an hour earlier because of how busy they were. This campsite is a well-kept secret, and also a real steal at 10 EUR a night for a small tent. I could easily imagine staying there for just a few days, for example going to Stettin for a day and driving/walking to Mescherin for the weekend to camp out, enjoying the water sports, doing some local hiking, etc. (If you drive, definitely call ahead to check if they have space for your car. This is where your own two feet really trump any other means of transportation: you can park yourself pretty much anywhere). So this is it for today, a day full of adventures and gorgeous views! For all the asphalt roads I was on that day, very little actual asphalt walking as a soft shoulder was available almost at all times (if it disappeared on one side, it would emerge on the other). Tomorrow I'll be taking you with me to Schwedt (35+ km) in sweltering 35C heat. The voice messages from the road can be heard on my blog [URL='https://awomaninchurch.substack.com/podcast']here[/URL]. As always, if you have any questions, let me know, even if it's some months/years from now! Ultreia! [/QUOTE]
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