Last day of biking
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Thu Jun 18
-last day of biking ahead. Decent nite of sleep but up in early morning to email n sort out busy brain.
-definitely one of the more spectacular days of scenery w sandstone cliffs, castles, crazy archways n more. Really amazing first half of the ride. Spectacular.
-ride was slower due to changing weather conditions which forced changes of gear. Too cold then too hot then too rainy then too sunny. We dealt with it well but it meant more short stops for gear changes.
-stopped for lunch in the recommended quaint town of Pirna. Walked the square looking at restaurants n finally decided on Italian where we had a fighting chance at the language.
-L ordered the broccoli soup which crushed my tomato soup. We shared a main of tortellini which was massive. We barely finished it and then rolled ourselves onto our bikes to get rolling.
-the second half of the ride was not as interesting as we entered the sprawl of Dresden. We hit a long detour that we eventually got through thanks to GPS n pedaling.
-the final few Ks info Dresden had some light rain drops n cool head winds. Never the less w found our pleasant hotel n room.
-we chilled n had dinner n reflected how our lives n dreams had changed. Good times after a long pedal.
-elapsed time 4:58; rolling time approx 3:15; distance 52km
Fri Jun 19
-got up n explored Dresden in about an hour. The cold wind probably accelerated the touring but the old town is pretty compact n although the architecture is grand, it is easy to c it quickly. We laughed about our tolerance for cities. Btw the bfast display was quite the extravaganza.
-back to the hotel for some down time n warm up. I grabbed a quick workout n then we dropped our bags n went to get the rental car.
-on the way we stopped by this artsy neighborhood with some fun displays in the courtyard. I liked the dr Seuss style rain pipes that played music. The shwerma in our bellies helped too.
-was a bit tricky to find the rental car place but got there eventually. Got our cute little Fiat n we were off. Grabbed our luggage n plotted our course to Bad Schandau n we were off
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