We camped at Campingplatz Koningsee in the forest just out of Rotta.
The usual rain in the night was followed by a clear but cloudy day. We actually had a fine day! It was about 60ks for the day, through Prezcsh, Bad Schmiedeberg and Dobern. It was a good quality sealed road, through forest. We also cycled through fields of wheat and sunflowers.
At Bad Schmiedeberg we met an elderly local lady in the town square. She offered to arrange for us to go into the church and up the church tower. After she got the minister, he took us into the Gothic church (Lutheran) and explained its history. The paintings in the front porch depicting scenes from the Bible were done in the 1400s. There were 220 steps to the top of the tower.
Liz developed a clunk in her front axle, and as the bearings needed replacing, we found a cycle shop off the town square in Torgau. He said it would be ready by 5pm, so we visited the Schloss - which had two live brown bears in the old moat. Then John went to camp to set up and Liz found the library to use the Internet.
We camped by a lake, and about 6pm there was a tremendous rainstorm for about 5 minutes before it cleared and was calm and sunny.
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John & Liz Pfahlert
P O Box 9740
Marion Square
Wellington 6141
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