Today started much like yesterday with a full breakfast provided by the host at our hotel. Our stay at Hotel Mainblick Garni in Marktheindenfeld was great! But, we needed to move on again and our ride today was broken down into two different sections. The first part continued on the cycle route that we have been following the last few days and we headed to the town of Gemünden am Main. Here we crossed over the Main River for the last time and continued north primarily along the Sinn river to the small town of Zeitlofts.
We stayed right on the Main River in Marktheidenfeld and the views are always interesting. Here is a barge turning the corner and heading down river.
One of the bridges to Marktheidenfeld is the Alte Mainbrücke ("Old Main Bridge"), made out of red sandstone blocks. It was built in the mid-19th century.
Leaving the Mainradweg near Gemünden was a bit tricky for us as we had become very accustomed to following bike route signage and we needed to piece together a stretch of unmarked territory. After a few back and forths we did link up with our new cycle route - the number 9.
A high speed rail line bridge right beside our bridge. We saw similar elevated structures along the way to Zeitlofs and marvelled at how the German`s took all the undulations out of the geography.
Zeitlofs is a very small town, one church, one bakery and one pension which is also a restaurant. We chose to stay here because its location fit our daily preferred riding distance and there were really very few, if any, choices nearby. We rolled into Fraenkischer Hof just a bit after 4PM and the door was locked. Pat began checking our booking information and Scott rang the doorbell. A large German man answered the door and we explained that we had booked a room here for the night. Without cracking a smile he said, ¨you are too late¨. I checked my watch and it was 4:07 but our reservation had noted that we would be arriving by bicycle between 3 and 4. He then broke into a huge laugh and welcomed us in. Soon he was pouring us beers on the deck and later prepared us a fabulous Thai meal. It was a most memorable and enjoyable place to stay.
