Monday, September 15, 2008

Monday, Sept 15th

Partly sunny and cool as we get under way. Still seeing many other bicyclists on the paths. I got to the village of Trarbach around 11 AM. Lots of other tourist in this town renown for the fine art nouveau buildings built by the wine merchants over 100 years ago. Outside of town there are ruins of a 14th century castle. I started out for a visit and had a flat tire. Back to town & 27 Euros to a bike shop got the problem fixed.
My plan for the afternoon was to ride on the right side of the river until I got to Enkirch and then take the ferry across the river and continue up the left side. I changed plans when I discovered that the ferry was not operating and continued up the right side. The sky changes to overcast and we get a few sprinkles.