At Zurich we walked a few blocks to church, then checked out of our hotel room and took the nearby tram to the central railroad station, where we had stopped in last evening after our excursion to Jungfraujoch to buy train tickets for Donaueschingen, a small town which claims to be the source of the Donau/Danube River and the jumping-off point for our bike tour.
At the midpoint of our two-hour train trip we needed to change trains. A local woman noticed our uncertainty about the connection and took us under her wing. She went way out of her way to get us pointed in the right direction; very kind.
Our hotel here is two steps better than our Zurich digs, at half the price.
We spent a good while assembling the bike, but no known problems with it. Shifter cables will need adjusting, but that's normal.
Walked to a nearby German restaurant where no one in the place spoke English- sink or swim- and enjoyed a good dinner including fresh white asparagus with hollandaise, a local specialty. I had a local Furstenburg beer and Sandy had a good German red wine. Who knew?
This area gets rain 14 days in June, on average. There was a bit of light rain today.
Three notes about Zurich: 1. Crazy expensive, and 2. not as many bicycles as Amsterdam, but close, and 3. Switzerland has an electric plug different from any other country's.
No passport check crossing into Germany from Switzerland.
Our planned first leg of the tour tomorrow is not long; should give us time for needed bike adjustments. We are looking forward to getting on the road.
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