Breitengüßbach to Kornberg: Main-Donau canal


Statistics for today
Distance 105.46 kms 65.24 miles
Statistics for trip to date
Distance 1,027.20 kms 638.15 miles
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

I have a lot of company for breakfast this morning. Unfortunately, what's on offer for food is just as sad as yesterday. I have a breakfast do-over at a bakery down the street before heading off. Today's mission: laundry. Things are stinking badly. In Bamberg a drunk old man (at 10am no less) tells me where to find a laundromat. One load washed and dried for almost 9 euros. Ouch. I wander around the town and drink coffee to kill the three hours needed to get the clothes done. Pretty town, Bamberg, but as soon as my clothes are clean I'm packed and off down the Main-Donau canal. Despite the long break I still manage to get in 105 kilometers because the bikepath along the canal goes fast. Later in the day I switch from the new to the old canal which is prettier but more winding and therefore slower.

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Passed 1,000 kilometers for the trip (621.37 miles)
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Main-Donau canal. No traffic on it that I could see. The towpath makes for easy riding.
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Wasn't expecting to see this here. Apparently a copy of a paddlewheeler, built in the 80's, used as a nightclub and restaurant.
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The old Main-Donau canal. Makes for more interesting cycling than the new one.
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Horse love.
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