I was on the fence between continuing the E10 or continuing the other trail I am in the middle of completing. But since public transportation connections for the other trail was slightly tricky, and I didn't want to get disappointed, not to mention that the next segment on the other trail was considerably longer than 17 kilometres and the weather was warmer than what I would normally like, I opted to continue the E10 instead. So I headed from home to Potsdam on a Friday morning, and from there I took another bus, which took me to Ketzin.
Ketzin is a town north of Potsdam and south of Nauen. I get the impression that nothing much is happening here. I mean, there's a bus that goes to town, which is rather infrequent. And as I was strolling the streets when I arrived, the surroundings were definitely quiet.
There weren't many pretty buildings in Ketzin. But I did see this fine looking mansion as I was exiting the town, heading towards Paretz.
After a short while, I reached Paretz. This village has a palace. One can visit the palace, but I opted to skip it. After all, I have seen several palaces already, and I didn't want to break my hike and visit the interior of some monarch's summer residence.
And then I found the Havel Canal. The Havel Canal was constructed after World War II by the East German government. The idea was that the canal enabled vessels to continue on the Havel River without going through West Berlin territory. The Havel River flows through Berlin-Spandau, and so the canal was built to facilitate a waterway that doesn't transit the west.
Eventually, I reached the town of Wustermark. There is a train station here, so I caught a train heading back to Berlin.
