NEUSTRELITZ, GERMANY 8/5 (WED) 30 miles 9-3:00-can’t pronounce any of the towns. Up at 7:45-enjoy breakfast together. Short but difficult biking & extra miles because OR (he’s back to wearing his OR shirt) had trouble w/directions. Start on hilly rough trail through forest-pass OR-group of French bikers from group here too.  Can’t see OR-finally stop & wait-FR stop too. I finally turn & go back a long way-see him. FR lady’s chain came off & got stuck-OR helped her. Biked on every surface imaginable today-paved, gravel, dirt, sand, brick, cobble stone-narrow & nice. In shaded forests, past lakes, corn & sunflower fields & a reindeer farm. Stopped for donuts & coke in small town-lots of families /little kids out biking-no bike lanes but cars go around. Most of time we have sidewalks beside rd. Get into town to Royal Inn Park Hotel-nice room-take shower & nap-OR reads. Bike downtown for dinner-Asian Buffet-walk around center which has 8 rds from different directions intersecting. OR fell asleep watching women’s golf in German while I finish this. Tomorrow our longest day. Our friend Jean is doing this tour in a few weeks-she will love today because she mountain bikes & is an expert reading maps.