Back where I came from

We are now in Offenbach, having biked a total of 3233 kilometers. It's raining again, which is why I have time to write now. We decided not to pack up the wet tent and ride today because of the rain, and because we are staying close to Frankfurt, which has good Apple Wine. The weather for the past week has been on-and-off miserable, with some good sunny and cool afternoons. We only have about two weeks to go before we have to be back, and we have been wondering if the weather had been like this the whole time (as it can be in Germany), whether we would have made it this long.

Despite the weather, the Romantic Strasse was lovely, and we visited some beautiful medevial towns, including Rothenberg, which was almost fairy-tale like (pictures to follow in a few weeks.) Then we followed the Tauber River Valley, which was beautiful and green (probably from all the rain) all the way to the Main River. Then we rode through the Bayern Spessart region, which was also nice. We soon found ourselves near Aschaffenburg, where my grandfather's family is from, and it was a short ride from there to Offenbach, where my grandmother was born (I think) and which is next to Frankfurt.

Tomorrow, rain or shine, we are off to Mainz on the Rhein. We plan to travel along the Rhein valley and then make our way back across the country with a combo of train/biking. Weather forcast is not promising, so I better stop looking at those forcasts!