To Rabenstein: trying to avoid the hills of the Ertz-gebirge

April 16, 2015

Ronny and Anke give us advice on our route today, staying further north, and east. We head for a campground in Rabenstein. Anke gives a map of Mongolia that had been given to them and used on their (and one year old son) 2 and 1/2 year bike trip in 2004. We promise to send the map back. (update: we mailed the map back to them and see in the journal we cycled Mongolia mid September to mid October 2016)

One stretch of road weaved through woods, the bike path next to the road, and a mountain bike track next to the bike path. One final hill to the campground, Patrick buys beer and potato chips at the reception and we find a nice place for our tent. We've passed the 1000kms mark today, cycling 10 of the past 11 days. We are ready for a rest day.

Leaving our Warmshowers Hosts in Steinsdorf

We cannot completely avoid the hills, but turning our route a little further north helps a lot.

Navigating through cities on our route. We have downloaded googlemaps for the larger cities and can use our tablet with GPS to find our way.

Large blocks of old brick buildings. Many are abandoned.

Rabenstein Castle. A beautiful campground is located just behind it.

Today's ride: 74 km (46 miles)
Total: 1,028 km (638 miles)

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