We.re rolling along the river in St Goar Germany today. The whole fifty mile stretch of the middle rhine river is a UNESCO world heritage site.... and this is well deserved!!! castles everywhere you look and vineyards in between. the gorge is very steep with tall hills on either side. last night we took a walking trail up to a castle.... probably 700 vertical feet and a 30 minute hike up to the castle, only to intersect a major road and find out the castle was closed! oh well, still a beautiful view of the river below.
tonight we.ll head to Frankfurt to see Heathers friend Val. she was an exchange student back in high school that stayed with the Harmons. hopefully we can connect with her at least for the evening. The trip continues to be wonderful, bikes are running well. Broke a spoke on my bike the other day and of course needed to take of the cassette to fix it... didnt have a chain whip or a cassette lockring tool so i had to buy them. doh.
hopefully well be able to post some pictures soon as weve been compililing some very good ones!
Heather and Mitch
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Bonn Germany and the Rhine River
Here we are in Bonn, on the banks of the Rhine River. birthplace of Beethoven and the 19th largest city in Germany. No new pictures today as we#re in an internet cafe. sorry for the typos.... the Y and Z are misplaced and all the symbols are screwed up too!!
the weather has been challenging the past three days, but luckily it seems to rain at night and not during most of the day. heather and i have got a pretty good system down for packing an repacking each day. we,re eating likes kings and queens with multiple fresh danishes daily. Ive als started sampling as much of the canned fish i can put my hands on...yesterday had some delicous smoked herring in oil... fantastic!!!
were heading south now down the river and will continue on this path until switzerland. should be harder to lose our way with a giant river on our side all the time! i imagine we,ll still get turned around a little bit.
still having an absolutely fabulous time. rode some real deal hills two days ago... pretty interesting with 75 pound bikes! heather did well as always, and i had to work hard to catch her!
hope everyone is doing well, we,re enjoying the comments yall are leaving as well, please keep it up! if anyone wants to go play with patch, youve got an open invitation!
peace, love, and fresh pastries....
Heather and Mitch
the weather has been challenging the past three days, but luckily it seems to rain at night and not during most of the day. heather and i have got a pretty good system down for packing an repacking each day. we,re eating likes kings and queens with multiple fresh danishes daily. Ive als started sampling as much of the canned fish i can put my hands on...yesterday had some delicous smoked herring in oil... fantastic!!!
were heading south now down the river and will continue on this path until switzerland. should be harder to lose our way with a giant river on our side all the time! i imagine we,ll still get turned around a little bit.
still having an absolutely fabulous time. rode some real deal hills two days ago... pretty interesting with 75 pound bikes! heather did well as always, and i had to work hard to catch her!
hope everyone is doing well, we,re enjoying the comments yall are leaving as well, please keep it up! if anyone wants to go play with patch, youve got an open invitation!
peace, love, and fresh pastries....
Heather and Mitch
Monday, September 6, 2010
Hasalet, Belgium and heading east!
Greetings.
sorry for the time between posts, internet access has been spotty at best since we're typically out in the small towns and countryside. We're having a great time, averaging around 50 miles per day. the weather has been phenominal as well which is a big help!
so far we've gone through the coast of the netherlands, Brugge. Gent, Mechelen, Westerlo, and are now in Hasalet, Belgium. torrow we'll cross into germany and eventually head south down the Rhine.
here is a link to all of the pictures from the trip so far. this seems like a nice way to share with all of you: http://picasaweb.google.com/104484993780229620201
some notable occurences from the first week:
Herring are not good the way they eat them in the Netherlands!
Bicycling in the Netherlands is the best i've ever seen... bike lanes, bike traffic signals, etc.
We found a mini-hedge hog at out camp spot... sadly we found him the next day wrapped up tight between the groundsheet and our tent in a saddle bag dead!! darwinism at work!
The bakerys in Europe are treemendous!!
We hope you're all doing well, wherever you may be. We'll try and be a bit more timely with our next updat... its hard though with all the beautiful scenery to take in, food to eat (I consistently pick better danishes than Heather!!), and beer to drink!
Mitch and Heather
sorry for the time between posts, internet access has been spotty at best since we're typically out in the small towns and countryside. We're having a great time, averaging around 50 miles per day. the weather has been phenominal as well which is a big help!
so far we've gone through the coast of the netherlands, Brugge. Gent, Mechelen, Westerlo, and are now in Hasalet, Belgium. torrow we'll cross into germany and eventually head south down the Rhine.
here is a link to all of the pictures from the trip so far. this seems like a nice way to share with all of you: http://picasaweb.google.com/104484993780229620201
some notable occurences from the first week:
Herring are not good the way they eat them in the Netherlands!
Bicycling in the Netherlands is the best i've ever seen... bike lanes, bike traffic signals, etc.
We found a mini-hedge hog at out camp spot... sadly we found him the next day wrapped up tight between the groundsheet and our tent in a saddle bag dead!! darwinism at work!
The bakerys in Europe are treemendous!!
We hope you're all doing well, wherever you may be. We'll try and be a bit more timely with our next updat... its hard though with all the beautiful scenery to take in, food to eat (I consistently pick better danishes than Heather!!), and beer to drink!
Mitch and Heather
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