Our hotel's motto: "Good eeten, good drinken, good slapen" gives you an idea of how similar the local dialect is to English. Before anyone asks, it's not an incitement to slap people around.
We were both feeling a bit weary as we headed off towards Lübeck. Tina explained it was due to the one and a half schnapses too many we had the night before, but I think that's rubbish... Speaking of which, note the lack of stories to tell about my Extremely Reliable GPS. It is working perfectly!
After only 7 km, we had to get off the dyke since a nasty looking thunder storm was approaching and we didn't want to take any risks. It was also an excuse to enjoy a nice shrimp soup and a coke by the seaside as we watched everyone run for cover.
From then on it was one of those days where you kept on taking jackets on and off in changing conditions. It was a laborious approach to Lübeck. We thought of Marly and decided to take a short cut, which meant climbing some steep hills and negotiating a motorway. Just before reaching the city, a railway building site meant we had to ride through course gravel for about 10 km.
Unfortunately, Tina got her tire stuck in a tram line and "had to use her nose to slow down" as she later put it. She was lucky to fall on a patch of grass, so no serious harm done.
Eventually we arrived at our hotel and called up Sabine, who arranged a great meal in a typical building near the Güntre Grass Museum:
It was a very pleasant end to a difficult day.
Today's run: 68 km
Total so far: 1268 km
You seem to have been relatively blessed with the weather, the photos look amazing.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the technology is performing properly at last. If the luddites had there way we'd be blogging in blood on cave walls!
I'm recovering from the Brighton Ride (sore bum too!), and I sympathise about the hills - I was sorely tested but conquered all, including 'The Big One';-)
enjoy the rest of yoru trip,
bets wishes to you both,
neil
Congratulations Neil! Well done indeed! I didn't realise it was so soon. Did you have a dip in the sea at the end?
ReplyDeleteHope your Stevens bike is holding out and keep up the training. ;-)