Another noisy night with our snoring neighbour, thankfully we had earplugs. Breakfast was again an elaborate spread in the hotel. We left the hotel about nine, and biked round until we found a wireless hotspot to send our emails before we left town.
We rode over the stone bridge and picked up the cyclepath. First stop was about 10ks from town at Walhalla. This was at the top of a hill near Donaustauf. It is a replica of the Parthenon in Greece and was built by King Ludwig I to honour famous Germans. It contains the marble busts of people such as Bach, Goethe etc. The ride was alongside the river through grainfields. Some was on coarse gravel. It threatened rain but remained cloudy and was a very pleasant cycling day. We stopped for coffee at Worth, again overrunning the little shop. Arrived at campsite on the outskirts of town about 1pm.
After putting up the tent and having lunch we joined many of our fellow travellers in walking to the nearby bike store. It was an enormous store with everything possible for sale. We purchased covers for our panniers - now it won't rain! - and a few other items. Then we went to the town center on our bikes to have a look around. Back to camp at 5pm to wait for dinner.
Today was only 56kms, ave. 18.4, in 3 hours.
We rode over the stone bridge and picked up the cyclepath. First stop was about 10ks from town at Walhalla. This was at the top of a hill near Donaustauf. It is a replica of the Parthenon in Greece and was built by King Ludwig I to honour famous Germans. It contains the marble busts of people such as Bach, Goethe etc. The ride was alongside the river through grainfields. Some was on coarse gravel. It threatened rain but remained cloudy and was a very pleasant cycling day. We stopped for coffee at Worth, again overrunning the little shop. Arrived at campsite on the outskirts of town about 1pm.
After putting up the tent and having lunch we joined many of our fellow travellers in walking to the nearby bike store. It was an enormous store with everything possible for sale. We purchased covers for our panniers - now it won't rain! - and a few other items. Then we went to the town center on our bikes to have a look around. Back to camp at 5pm to wait for dinner.
Today was only 56kms, ave. 18.4, in 3 hours.
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