Rested and Ready to Ride: Rheinfelden to Hohentegen
After a nice breakfast with Gerhard and Yvonne all four of us jumped on our bikes. They were off to the rowing club located nearby for a morning row. So we said our goodbyes at the rowing club and carried on. What a pleasure meeting complete strangers who took us in and treated us like long lost friends. A great family, we thoroughly enjoyed the two days we spent with them...and we know we will see them again. Thank you Gerhard and Yvonne!!!
Our first stop was for coffee and some black forest cake in Bad Sackingen at the Schlosspark Cafe. We had a good discussion with the owners who have Canadian connections. Following our coffee we took a spin through the very appealing old town of Bad Sackingen. Our next point of interest was a short stop at the picturesque town of Laufenburg where we popped over to Swiss side. This would be a great spot to spend some time but the ponies were restless.
At Hohentegen we decided to stop and find a hotel room or zimmer. Not so easy even at this time of year. Apparently Swiss workers in the area will stay on the German side of the river because of the lower accommodation costs so everything was booked. However, the Schule family who rent rooms were kind enough to make several phone calls and were successful in finding us at room 3 km back down the road. They even escorted us to the hotel by leading us by car so that we wouldn't have any problems locating it. What kind people! They also had Canadian connections having lived in BC for several years. Their beautiful daughter was married in Surrey.
The hotel was a treat, and dinner in the restaurant was delicious, but the hour before the Schules took us under their wing was stressful. We have decided to book ahead for tomorrow so we know we have a bed. It is a bit cool at night for sleeping outside!
Off road almost all day. We had the iPods on and were rocking the Eurovelo 6.
Honorary Hund of the Day. Once the great accomodation hunt began, we forgot to find a hund. We were very, very focused on finding a room. It is not straightforward to pop down the road another 20 or 30 km on a bike. We had the legs for it but weren't keen to cycle in the dark.
