The Baden Baden Mafia Boss

We thought this dude looked like the Baden Baden Mafia Boss

A Clean Energy Alternative

We found this Clean Energy solution at the Festival in Zurich

A nice easy morning ride - NOT

Rob & I  thought we would have an easy morning ride, Bob decided that his bed was a much better option. So much for the easy ride it started with a 1.8km climb with grade of mostly 11% and up as high as 14%, then it was a nice downhill through some equally nice villages before turing around at the 10km mark and returining the same way.

The ride home had a fairly decent hill too and then we got to enjoy the 1.8km downhill at the end with Rob clocking a speed 79.79km/hr.

Then it was a shower and a fantastic buffet breakfast at the hotel which really hit the spot.

Link to this mornings ride

Link our ride in the Black Forest

Link to our ride in the Black Forest

Photos from Baden Baden

Day 2. Baden Baden

The day started early as the sun is up as early as it goes down late. Not a lot on night time here. Walked back to old Frankfurt and it didn't take long to work out the Germans stay up late and sleep in late. Even at 7.30am it was still very quiet in the city. Breakfast was a simple affair of coffee and bread with tomato as a filling. Food nice, coffee not so good. Spoke to a couple of Aussies over for the iron man event. Interesting to note one of them said it took him 2 hours to get up Vontoux and stated it was a very difficult ride. This from a guy about to do a 3.8km swim, 180km ride and 42km run. Hmmmmmm we want t o do. It three times I believe. Packed the car and headed off for Baden Baden. I drove at I have to say, it was amazing to be driving at 130km/hr and have cars going a lot faster than us. Top speed was a bit over 150. Cool. Arrived to our accommodation and we are very happy as both the area and the accommodation is very beautiful. Unpacked and took off on our bikes for the city. The traffic was busy and the roads are very narrow as are the actual lanes. They can fit 4 lanes where we would have two, maybe three. Found the mall area and were amazed at the beauty of it and the number of people. Had a great lunch. Salad with chicken for myself and Andy and salad and tuna for Bob. Lots of bread was a treat as it is given as part of the meal. The iced tea was to die for. I have never had one so nice.Rode out of town thinking we knew where we were going. It was a pleasant surprise that we got to were we wanted to go but took a different route. Rode through some amazing villages with extremely neat gardens, flower boxes every where, small creeks running beside the foot ins of the houses. Simply gorgeous. We headed of for Buhl but decided to turn off and see where we ended up. We got to a town we went through and though we would ride to the top of the hill. Another pleasant surprise as it ended up being the way we were supposed to get there originally. Lots of climbing and some great down hills. The roads are very nice and smooth. Got a bit lost but again we kept going in what we (Bob) thought was the general direction. Came to an intersection and our hotel was about 1 km down the road. It was a very hot and humid day so the going was not so easy, but it was enjoyable to have had a good ride. All in all a fantastic day. To top it off we got back managed to pack the car without pulling the bike apart. Watched Germany beat Argentina 4-0. Now we are sitting here listening to the town go off. Lots of horns and yelling. Looking forward to a great night as the atmosphere in town will be high.

Legally doing 140km/hr

Live blog from a highway in Germany, here we are doing 140km/hr along the highway legally. Rob's driving and loving it.
Spent last night in Frankfurt and are now heading to Baden Baden somewhere near the Black Forest. We'll be putting the bikes together when we get there and heading out for a ride somewhere.