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Walker's Travels in Scandinavia 2017 and others
81km, 12-29deg, mostly sunny, no rain. It's hard to get sick of walking around these beautiful old towns with their medieval architecture, especially early in the morning when there's no one around. The local people dress up their houses with traditional colours, flowers and ornate decorations. The local councils keep the place immaculate too with street art and potted plants; makes it all a bit of a fairy tale sometimes really. Sadly if you tried to do this in Australia the vandals and drunks would wreck it all in one night. After a hearty brekkie at 8am we headed out just before 9am into a cool mainly clear perfect day for cycling. A rural setting again today. We arrived at Nordlingen about 1130am and had a well-deserved coffee at the McCafe on the edge of town. Nordlingen is another well-preserved 11-14th century Medieval Walled Town. The annual beer festival was happening outside the town wall. The crowd was horrendous so we avoided that. A quick look at the cathedral and a spin around the base of part of the wall was enough before we were heading out again. However, it was a little bit in the wrong direction so we ended up back in the town; and the right direction (sack the Nav-man!!). Lunch was what we had with us under an apple tree beside the road as coffee shops were a bit light on today. It was a tough day by anyone one's standards, with a steady flow of undulations, some rather steep. We were all doing ok though until Donauworth when we realised that out hotel/boarding house was perched on top of an unridable hill, nicknamed Eagles Nest!! It's all downhill for dinner, it's just getting back up that is the worry! Not to worry we all made it "home", albeit a little knackered. Dinner, Stew & Al's pick, was local and simple, just like us.
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susan a character building day by the sounds of it. well done all.