Showed up at bike shop at 9:30. After an hour, we were ready to start. They put the maps on our phones & were taking our luggage to Hotel Bacchus in Bensheim. It was supposed to be 60.5 km (about 40 m) & take 4 hrs for an EXPERT BIKER! Problems getting out of town, problems reading phone, problems getting lost, problems with terrain, problems with my attitude & bike seat was painful to sit on. Then our phone batteries were going dead-stopped at apartments to charge it.

The 4 hour bike ride took us 10 hrs. Got to Hotel Bacchus at 8:45 pm. Armand fell off bike 2 times- blood running down his leg. I’m sure I’ve had worst days, but I don’t remember when.

In the 10 hrs, this was the only time we stopped to eat