80km, breakfast and Der Eis Bus

Weehee, we sure cracked that old nut. My target was to do 65km and instead we've done about 80km! and reached Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Pretty chuffed with that. I must confess that I make George do all the hard work, I tuck in behind in his slipstream and use him as a wind break. Much harder work when I'm in front. Every now and again George gets into "the zone" - mind in neutral and comfortably peddling - and forgets about me behind. Feel a bit mean to be the anchor on his chain. He usually remembers eventually that he has a little duckling paddling frantically to keep up.

Haven't talked much about food yet. Learning all about what a Continental breakfast should be. Two or three type each of bread, cheese, sliced meat, jams, fruit juice, cereal, a boiled egg, and coffee or thee. The hotel in Eltville am Rhine so far tops the stakes in quality breakfast, but we got home made plum and apricot jam yesterday, and at the hostel in Frankfurt breakfast ran from 7am to 12 and include chocolate in the cereal.

The other funny thing yesterday was coming across Der Eis Bus. Here you are cycling along havested wheat fields on one side, nettles, wildflowers, and willow along the river, halfway between the last village and the next and then you come across a van selling icecream. Gelatos galore and since I needed some energy we partook. The Russian vendor came and chatted to us, in German, when things were a bit quiet. He must do a roaring trade just there. There must be hundereds if not thousands of people using the cycleway. Day-trippers in dresses, older folk on fold up bicycles, other trekkers, some with 5 or 6 bags weighing down the bike!
I'll write more tonight. It is coming up to 7am and breakfast time, we try to get and early start everyday. Internet access has been a bit sporadic along the way, so I'll post stuff on line whenever we can.....