Today was a continuation of yesterday’s van issues. First things first, breakfast!! It has been so long since I have had a German breakfast so today was a treat!! Brötchen with cream cheese, strawberry preserves and meat and cheese. It was wonderful!! We left the hotel at 8:45 and made it to the Sixt office and the cargo van by shortly after nine. They were ready for us to come…. the van was all set! Within 10 minutes of arrival, we had the van rented and we were on our way!!

We had to go about two hours from Frankfurt to visit cousins… one to get my bike and another to get some bike related gear. It was great to see them and chat!! And at both places we had coffee and cake!

Driving back to Frankfurt was a bit different… initially we made great time! The Autobahn is so nice to drive on because of two big things… 1) it’s always in great repair! So smooth and 2) people over here know how to drive!!! You stay in the right lane till you need to pass. You pass and get back in the right lane!! It really is easier than driving on our interstate system.

We had a surprise…. the road was great like I said so I pushed the speed up to 140. And we passed a Porsche!! but he couldn’t let that stand and blew past us in a second or two!

As we neared Frankfurt, we ran into traffic which slowed us down a lot. but we made it back to the Hotel by 530, just in time for a drink and to go to din er at a restaurant by the Main River.

All in all, it was a great day!!! Tomorrow though we will load up our vans and drive 3 hours east to start our ride on the Main Radweg (Main River cycleway) on Tuesday.