The last day of this bike tour- half day, really. Bramsche is a good short ride and it has a train station so we can go to Copenhagen tomorrow.
Before leaving, we met an interesting man from Cameroon, now living in Munster. He and his German wife are finishing a 4-day bike tour with their 10- and 12-year old kids. Nice kids with excellent English.
The day started cloudy and in the low 60's; we wore arm warmers for the whole ride. Our route was almost entirely rural, with rolling hills and woodland.
Saw one curious thing today: two wind-power turbines facing the opposite direction, both turning. The wind was light. Never seen that before.
In the town of Bramsche we checked out the train station and schedule and rode to our hotel, 1 km away. Almost walking distance with our rolling suitcases, but not quite. We'll take a taxi in the morning. A simple but good hotel room on the ground floor with a terrace I used to disassemble the bike and pack it for travelling.
It's a funny feeling after two months on the road to be done with the bike tour. This has been a very good tour. We both have the sense we can't do this forever, but weren't physically challenged. We got a good feel for parts of Germany, Austria and Hungary, with bits of other countries. Lots of good food. Between that and beer, Germans tend to roundness, for good reason.
On to the next adventure, a tandem bike rally in Sweden next week. I don't expect much bloggable news before we fly home 8-31, but if I'm wrong I'll post it.
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