As usual, we completely filled ourselves up at the hotel buffet breakfast. We were pleased to see that the warm, sunny weather streak continues. Gathering our bikes from the locked garage we left the busy road in front of our hotel to ride down the much calmer Weserstrasse to the river. Here, Scott struck up a conversation with a man who was out for a walk with his young daughter. The man was quite knowledgeable about bicycles and was very interested in the design of our Bike Fridays. He liked the bike and its practicality for travel but he thought that his wife would not approve of another bike being added to his already large collection!
Today our route pretty much followed the Weser River all the way to Bodenwerder except for a short stretch at roughly 15KM into the ride through the pretty town of Höxter. It was a bit too early for a coffee stop but a great place to pick up a sandwich for lunch.
We have been spoiled with the number of elaborate half timber buildings in the towns in which we have been staying. Beverungen`s Weserstrasse is also attractive and The Cordt Holstein House, named after a former mayor and builder of the building was built in1662.
Beverungen is also well known for hosting concerts. From the internet, ¨At first glance, Beverungen may seem like a quiet small town on the Weser, but it has long since made a name for itself: Thanks to the Beverungen Cultural Community, high-quality concerts and cultural events take place here with an unusual frequency for cities of this size. With the Weser Open Air 2025 in Beverungen, the city is once again proving that it is a hotspot for musical highlights. ¨
The Weser Open Air 2025 concert will take place right here. Looks like a nice setting.
Abbey of Corvey in Höxter is a Unesco world heritage site. We had a quick look inside the gates but such a large complex would need quite a bit of time to do it justice.
The last ten kms of the ride to Bodenwerder followed beside some very large meandering loops of the Weser. A straight line would have surely cut the distance in half. Sometimes we had a head wind and then with a sudden 180 degree turn we enjoyed a tailwind until the next meander. The scenery and sights always continue to be interesting.
Not sure what we might find in Bodenwerder, we stopped just outside the town at Campingplatz Himmelspforte to have a cool one in the sun. Not fancy but the service was excellent and the beer cheap!
Crossing the bridge, we quickly found our hotel immediately on the other side of the river. Bodenwerder is another small, quiet town with a nice pedestrian street just up from the river. After walking the street, we settled on a Greek restaurant and we both enjoyed the Moussaka and salad.
This fountain in Bodenwerder shows three of the most famous Münchhausen stories: the horse at the church tower, the duck flight and the ride on the cannonball.
It is wonderful to see the continued maintenance that keeps these beautiful buildings current.
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