We've made it to germany and the source of the Danube so it's time for some stats. In 17 days we have cycled 656.8 miles, spent 84 hours and 11 minutes cycling and put the tent up 13 times. Top speed so far clocked has been 32 mph which was coming down a hill into saverne, personal worst speed while attempting to move was an impressive 3.2 mph clocked today while climbing up into the black forest. Make of car we've been most overtaken by is Citroën (imagine this is soon to be Audi). Country most intolerant of cyclist is England (in France drivers would rather drive into each other than cyclists and in Germany you are mainly on your own specific cycle path where cars are banned).
Passing into Germany also means that I have taken over as lead interpreter. In my new role I have decided to teach Lizzie some key words, today's were hallenbad (open air swimming pool), meerschweinschen (guinea pig or hamster not sure which) and schwarzwelderkirschtorte (black forest gâteau) - none have so far proved useful.
We head off down the Danube tomorrow to look at castles and to put the tent up a few more times.
Tschuss,
Ed
Location:Donaueshingen, Deutschland
You let Lizzie act as interpreter? Was this somehow connected to all those French campsites being "closed"
ReplyDeleteI think you should let Lizzie stick with the interpreting. You should do some stats on how meerschweinschen you run over also. I would like to see a photo of the tent being set up inside a castle. Bitte.
ReplyDeletehow *many* meerschweinschen...
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