Our loft style apartment in Fulda was beautiful. It was newly renovated, had two decks, great views and was in the older core area. The internet was also very good. But there was no breakfast plan so Pat ran out to a nearby grocery store in the morning to buy some yogurt, bananas and muesli to get us going. Fortunately, Scott could make coffee from an easy to use Nespresso machine. It was a nice change and all we needed.
After breakfast Scott carefully carried our bikes down the steep, narrow, circular wooden staircase. The bikes were loaded and again we were riding by 10 am. Seems like our schedule. It was another dry but cool feeling morning as we made our way through the scenic parks and river area that border the edge of Fulda. Our route would follow the Fulda River and we did cross it several times over the next 50 kilometres as we headed to Bad Hersfeld. We easily followed the well-marked, designated cycle path through very picturesque farm country. Despite the occasional strong headwind blowing down the valley, it was a very enjoyable ride.
Found a bit of info on the BahnRadweg (Railroad Bike Path in English) Hessen that we have been following lately and it will take us all the way to Bad Hersfeld today.
The last few kilometres to Bad Hersfeld had us doing a few back tracks as we encountered a closed section on the bike path and we had to reroute via the not obvious detour bike signs. We entered the pretty town of Bad Hersfeld that has been referred to as, ¨the festival and spa town¨, and found a place to enjoy a beer. Afterward we found our hotel just outside of the main town where we later walked back to enjoy a lovely pasta and salad meal at Pizzeria Am Lullusbrunnen. Heading home, we had to hide under cover a few times to avoid a passing rain shower. Hopefully that this will be just a night time thing.
