The end of the Romantische Strasse!
We hammered today's ride, big hills notwithstanding. Leaving the Tauber, the route climbed up and over a local watershed divide, before dropping us into the Main Valley and Wurzburg, the endtown of the Romantische Strasse. We did it! A quick peek into the church and palace, and we decided to put in a long afternoon and evening of train rides. We can't take the superfast ICE train with our bikes, so begun string of regional trainrides and transfers - 6 trains in all - to get to Wolfsburg. By the end of it all my right shoulder was aching from heaving my pannier-loaded bike up and down stairways, and onto and off of trains. But well worth it... we are a day or two ahead of schedule.
We've decided not to ride in the Rhine (as previously planned) because it looked to be quite similar to what we've experienced already. Instead, we're doing a day in Wolfsburg to take in the headquarters and themepark of... Volkswagen! A late arrival in town had us scrambling for accomodation, and we paid far too much for where we stayed. Oh well.
The Main River through Wurzburg
Waiting for a train
Waiting for a train
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