We looked around Torgau in the morning and went tothe spot on the river where Soviet and US troops met upin 1945. The castle (built 1538) and moat were also very impressive - Tina took some photos of the 3 bears that live there.
Then we went on a beautiful, sunny ride along the Elbe. Any cycling enthusiasts among you in Britain may wish to consider the trip between Wittenberg and Meissen. You get to see 3 wonderful historic towns, the cycle paths are immaculate and the infrasture isvery well organised, i.e. a cafe or an inn is never far away.
We had some delicious freshly smoked rainbow trout for lunch in Strehla - so fresh, it was still warm and its brothers and sisters were still swimming in the tank next to us.
The only problem was a strong head wind, so we were quite tired when we got to http://www.meissen.de/.
But we were greeted by a beautiful little hotel, "Am Schlossberg", at the foot of the castle. A stroll through the town, a nice meal and an early night were the order of the day.
Today, we head on to the Czech Republic - Tina is derading the run because it's a bit longer than usual, but I have great confidence in her stamina. The weather is mixed today - showers and cloud cover - at least our pink knees from yesterday's run will get some time to recover.
Torgau-Meissen: 84 km
Running total: 161 km
I spy: Nothing too spectacular, 5 herons, an array of buzzards, falcons etc., 4 ostriches in an enclosure, a hedgehog sandwhich and something that looked like a large yellow ferret lying on the side of the road.
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3 comments:
Hi there! thanks for keeping in touch, Ben and Bettina! You are stars. I am off to Berlin, but pleae don't forget to ring Peter who spends hours preparing the Bang and Olufson for dispatch! What a good one he is!!! Have oddles of fun, keep the pedals turning and get a red nose rather than red knees. Who wnats to kiss knees? Tchuess! Rene/Mum
I think it's DISGUSTING; another case of fatcat Westerners swanning over to central Europe, using up the precious post-Communist air, polluting the atmosphere with their capitalist sauerkraut farts, wearing down the roads with their imperialist bicycles and depriving our Eastern brethren of their meagre food rations.
I bet this so-called "Ben" (obviously a fake name) and his co-conspirator "Tina" go into bars and think that they can buy drinks and other refreshments simply because they have fascist euros. HOW DARE THEY?!
Why can't they take the plane like everyone else, and stop harassing the indigenous peoples of this long-suffering region?
Well, that's family for you folks. Mum wants me to call home and my bro is playing the Easyjet yobbo from Enfield.
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