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it's bike tour holiday time again!! follow along as I try to make my way through southern Germany over the next week \o/
8/30/2021, 9:10:54 AM
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it's bike tour holiday time again!! follow along as I try to make my way through southern Germany over the next week \o/
8/30/2021, 9:10:54 AM
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last year I went from Berlin to Nürnberg in mostly a straight line; this time I'm doing a circuit instead, starting and ending in Nürnberg https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1299260745583034368
8/30/2021, 9:10:55 AM
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you might notice that's not the same bike as last year; I was unable to get a train ticket with bike spot, so I'm borrowing a bike instead 😔 https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1429036923222380544
8/30/2021, 9:15:01 AM
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you might also notice that the weather is markedly worse this time; it's supposed to get better over the next days but for today I only hope I won't get too wet
8/30/2021, 9:15:02 AM
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ok that's enough tweets for the kick-off let's go
8/30/2021, 9:15:02 AM
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halfway done for today (haven't tweeted much because my phone battery is apparently also worse off than last year, I'll buy a charging pack somewhere)
8/30/2021, 12:33:23 PM
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and I've been a bit ambitious with this first stage – probably should've done some more endurance training / ramp-up in Berlin – but I think I can still make it to Dinkelsbühl (what a name) today
8/30/2021, 12:42:03 PM
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I was a bit afraid of this climb (being already somewhat exhausted, and it's up to 5-6%), but after starting in a slow and measured tempo, I actually managed to stick to that tempo the whole ascent and made it without much trouble
8/30/2021, 2:00:20 PM
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sometimes common advice is actually good, shocking
8/30/2021, 2:00:21 PM
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got very lucky with the weather so far btw, only a few drops about an hour ago, apart from that I've stayed dry
8/30/2021, 2:54:15 PM
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starting to see first signs pointing the way to Dinkelsbühl
8/30/2021, 3:15:40 PM
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Deleted a very thoughtless tweet about an American flag being flown on half mast. I just didn't make the connection. My apologies.
8/30/2021, 4:14:28 PM
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in happier news, I made it to Dinkelsbühl! I'll add some photos when I'm done settling in, for now just picture a small old-fashioned town with cobblestone streets and whatnot
8/30/2021, 4:14:28 PM
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stayed dry until the end btw \o/
8/30/2021, 4:23:48 PM
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aaand now it's absolutely pouring down, so I made it just in time ^^
8/30/2021, 4:50:52 PM
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but now it's nice enough again that I can have dinner outside 😌
8/30/2021, 6:56:09 PM
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here's the dinner, classic Käsespätzle 🤤
8/30/2021, 7:20:02 PM
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some views of Dinkelsbühl
8/30/2021, 8:40:22 PM
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some more views of Dinkelsbühl
8/30/2021, 8:40:39 PM
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I was vaguely wondering if I ought to put that photo of the Christoph von Schmid statue on Commons but what am I *thinking* of *course* it’s already there (but I linked it to its Wikidata item ^^) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Christoph-von-Schmid-Denkmal_von_Max_von_Widnmann_(Dinkelsb%C3%BChl)
8/30/2021, 8:51:27 PM
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here’s the Komoot recording of the first part of today’s journey, by the way… https://www.komoot.de/tour/471094628?share_token=av9DoTfEwjZZ9YZ8bWkS3hO7yGxd8foh496fUnBthINK56Al81&ref=wtd
8/30/2021, 9:28:34 PM
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…and the second part, because I accidentally finished the recording and couldn’t resume it again https://www.komoot.de/tour/471378709?share_token=a3MHG28lgSPbC2JVbLpBNbuNHCT9pfY0uGKSx70TpRyZt1Z5cG&ref=wtd
8/30/2021, 9:28:34 PM
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apparently they start ringing the church bells at 6AM here. good to know
8/31/2021, 6:03:28 AM
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and they ring them for five whole minutes (possibly six). also good to know
8/31/2021, 6:07:29 AM
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farewell to Dinkelsbühl, let's go to Schwäbisch Gmünd
8/31/2021, 9:39:53 AM
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made it to Pfahlheim and realized I'm seeing CDU election posters instead of CSU ones, which means I must've crossed the border to Baden-Wurttemberg \o/
8/31/2021, 11:02:08 AM
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(Germany's largest conservative parliamentary group, the Union, is made up of one party for Bavaria and another one for everywhere else, it's a whole thing)
8/31/2021, 11:02:08 AM
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I think this is a field of beans? or maybe peas
8/31/2021, 11:16:44 AM
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made it to Wasseralfingen which features three roundabouts in a row
8/31/2021, 12:47:20 PM
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but at least the last one has some art and it's also nice and sunny at the moment
8/31/2021, 12:47:25 PM
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first sign pointing to Schwäbisch Gmünd!
8/31/2021, 1:02:39 PM
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time for another break
8/31/2021, 1:51:44 PM
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alright, last 13 km for today, let's go
8/31/2021, 2:31:12 PM
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made it through most of today in short pants and a t-shirt but now it's started to rain properly so I've put on some more clothes. pity
8/31/2021, 2:44:35 PM
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apparently Schwäbisch Gmünd also has a Schwörhaus, like Ulm?
8/31/2021, 3:25:13 PM
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made it!
8/31/2021, 3:29:17 PM
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the hotel wifi appears to block port 143 (IMAP), how rude of them *fires up `ssh -D`*
8/31/2021, 4:03:33 PM
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oh wow they block port 22222 too (my SSH port), that’s extra rude
8/31/2021, 4:05:46 PM
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thankfully they don’t block port 22, so I can ProxyJump through Toolforge to my server and make it listen on port 22 as well
8/31/2021, 4:10:38 PM
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oh I’m sorry was this supposed to be a cycling thread
8/31/2021, 4:18:40 PM
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I just realized
I’ve got my laptop with me
I can just use that instead of buying a powerbank :D
https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1432290343043706883
8/31/2021, 4:36:30 PM
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ugh and while I’m quote-tweeting myself, I just noticed my phone autocompleted Wurttemberg instead of Württemberg 😡 https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1432629767229034497
8/31/2021, 4:41:10 PM
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some views of Schwäbisch Gmünd (first three photos: spot a church, take a photo – turn around – spot much larger church ^^)
8/31/2021, 11:12:31 PM
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they're playing the Wellerman song on the radio lmao
9/1/2021, 8:05:58 AM
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alright, let's go!
9/1/2021, 9:07:16 AM
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the river Rems – for the first part of today, I'm just following it down to Stuttgart, which ought to be fairly relaxing
9/1/2021, 9:23:02 AM
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passing by several... flood retention basins? along the way
9/1/2021, 9:52:44 AM
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had to stop to let a cute little train pass (single wagon, the photo contains about 70% of it I reckon)
9/1/2021, 10:39:51 AM
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taking a break now that the sun is properly shining
9/1/2021, 10:59:13 AM
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took an extended lunch break in Bad Cannstatt, continuing now \o/
9/1/2021, 2:31:31 PM
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the Schlossgarten is nice 😌
9/1/2021, 2:46:06 PM
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nutzlose Erkenntnis: Komoots Sprachausgabe „RECHTS halten, danach rechts HALten“, so betont, enthält ja streng genommen zwei verschiedene Anweisungen. ich bin aber so frei und halte nicht wirklich rechts (an)
9/1/2021, 2:47:23 PM
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Stuttgart 21 construction site, I think
9/1/2021, 2:57:11 PM
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Komoot sent me straight through the heart of Stuttgart, which was nice, got to see lots of stuff in passing (didn't stop to take many photos, though)
9/1/2021, 3:45:09 PM
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but climbing out of the Stuttgart Cauldron is no fun at all, sheesh
9/1/2021, 3:45:09 PM
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met a tiny mouse!! I left it some food :3
9/1/2021, 4:14:29 PM
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I don't know why it didn't run away; it's not dead (the snout is moving a bit) but it seems almost paralyzed :(
9/1/2021, 4:14:30 PM
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crossing Kreuz Stuttgart
9/1/2021, 4:26:13 PM
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(also the highest elevation I'm reaching today)
9/1/2021, 4:27:27 PM
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btw I reached my destination a while ago but was too busy to tweet about it ^^ might publish the Komoot track later
9/1/2021, 6:57:43 PM
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today is a break day, bike tour resumes tomorrow :)
9/2/2021, 9:43:54 AM
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today I'm starting to circle back, heading eastwards to Bad Urach!
9/3/2021, 8:53:26 AM
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nice here isn't it
9/3/2021, 9:52:39 AM
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aaaah I'm passing right by Ritter Sport and didn't even realize it! :D
9/3/2021, 10:20:04 AM
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okay. listen. I've been trying to limit the stuff I carry with me, keep the weight down. BUT i was NOT going to miss this opportunity to buy all the weird/experimental stuff they don't even sell elsewhere
9/3/2021, 10:34:57 AM
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crossing the Aich
9/3/2021, 11:01:05 AM
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lol
9/3/2021, 11:07:57 AM
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infrastructure!
9/3/2021, 11:12:57 AM
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crossing the Aich one more for good measure ^^
9/3/2021, 11:16:42 AM
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crossing the Neckar!
9/3/2021, 11:41:23 AM
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the Erms joins it here; I'll be going up the Erms valley for the rest of today
9/3/2021, 11:41:28 AM
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and now I'm crossing the Erms too, via a different bridge, because that's now they laid out the bike paths here 🤷♂️
9/3/2021, 11:44:22 AM
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time for a break
9/3/2021, 11:51:17 AM
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break over, onwards!
9/3/2021, 12:20:37 PM
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drove past the first sign pointing to Bad Urach! but it's in a place where I can't really take a photo of it ^^
9/3/2021, 12:33:00 PM
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it's nice here too
9/3/2021, 12:59:24 PM
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I've stopped photographing all the Erms crossings but this one's especially nice
9/3/2021, 1:13:53 PM
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I think that's the castle ruins of Hohenurach in the distance
9/3/2021, 1:31:37 PM
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taking another quick break
9/3/2021, 1:38:33 PM
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goats!
9/3/2021, 1:51:50 PM
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Urach and Hohenurach
9/3/2021, 1:55:01 PM
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made it! but I'm too early, reception doesn't open until 16:30 :D
9/3/2021, 2:15:29 PM
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looking around Bad Urach a bit, isn't it lovely
9/3/2021, 3:34:37 PM
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closer view of that church (St. Amandus)
9/3/2021, 3:38:47 PM
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just gonna keep adding photos
9/3/2021, 3:53:55 PM
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closer to Hohenurach now too
9/3/2021, 3:57:12 PM
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I'm back at the hostel – there's a large group of children with instruments, who have presumably spent the past week in some sort of music retreat, and now they're playing a concert to show what they've learned 😍
9/3/2021, 4:09:46 PM
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(it's outside but most of the people listening are still wearing masks, which I appreciate)
9/3/2021, 4:15:49 PM
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alright, today I'm making my way to Ulm!
9/4/2021, 9:04:23 AM
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but before I can say hi to @verschwoerhaus again I need to cross the Schwäbische Alb 😮💨
9/4/2021, 9:08:23 AM
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I
MADE
IT
9/4/2021, 9:59:35 AM
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*wheeze*
*pant*
9/4/2021, 9:59:35 AM
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Komoot directed me to take the same road as cars climbing out of the valley, which was probably the path with the most even slope, but also meant there were practically no opportunities for breaks, and getting overtaken and (once) honked at by all the cars wasn't much fun either
9/4/2021, 10:02:16 AM
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the reward
9/4/2021, 10:30:11 AM
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time for a break
9/4/2021, 11:06:25 AM
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first sign pointing cyclists to Ulm! (car signs have pointed to Ulm since I left Bad Urach)
9/4/2021, 12:09:57 PM
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ewwww
9/4/2021, 12:51:08 PM
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let's go
9/4/2021, 1:08:05 PM
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well that was fun
9/4/2021, 1:17:18 PM
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btw that sign was an understatement; there was another one a bit later (which I sped past at probably ca. 35 km/h, hence no photo) indicating 17%
9/4/2021, 1:17:19 PM
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here's the Blau! it will flow into the Danube in Ulm, I believe
9/4/2021, 1:17:24 PM
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I think something just got caught in my hair and stung me in the neck? it's gone now so I can't say for sure but it still hurts a bit
9/4/2021, 1:24:47 PM
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yeah there's definitely something on my neck. ah well
9/4/2021, 1:35:19 PM
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I suppose it presently flows into the Danube there already, and has in fact done so for quite a while. but the future tense is technically a true statement too https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1434113360698675202
9/4/2021, 1:38:03 PM
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made it!
9/4/2021, 1:52:06 PM
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and apparently I managed to lose the FFP2 mask in my back pocket o_O
9/4/2021, 1:56:01 PM
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highest church tower in the world, this is
9/4/2021, 3:18:13 PM
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I got one (1) new sticker for my laptop at @verschwoerhaus. good luck figuring out which one ^^
9/4/2021, 5:51:02 PM
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the Danube
9/4/2021, 7:07:53 PM
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Ulm Minster by night
9/4/2021, 10:07:33 PM
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today I'm heading to Donauwörth!
9/5/2021, 9:08:34 AM
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unfortunately I'm seeing CSU election posters again, which means I'm back in Bavaria 😔
9/5/2021, 9:13:00 AM
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crossing the Günz in Günzburg just before it joins the Danube
9/5/2021, 10:18:45 AM
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38 km down, 42 to go – time for a break (that's the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant in the background)
9/5/2021, 11:11:00 AM
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break over, let's go
9/5/2021, 11:37:23 AM
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first bike sign pointing to Donauwörth – couldn't take a photo so here's one from a bit earlier instead ^^
9/5/2021, 1:08:51 PM
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tried to take an impromptu break by the wayside where there wasn't a bench or anything and got my foot bit by some ants ☹️
9/5/2021, 1:46:46 PM
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by the way, I've been told this must've been a rat (not a mouse), on account of its tail https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1433070763557408770
9/5/2021, 2:01:05 PM
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crossing the Danube!
9/5/2021, 2:15:42 PM
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and crossing the Wörnitz too, which apparently flows into the Danube here
9/5/2021, 2:26:05 PM
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made it!
9/5/2021, 2:36:17 PM
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just before entering Donauwörth I passed by some Airbus facility btw
9/5/2021, 6:46:19 PM
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and here's some views from Donauwörth
9/5/2021, 6:56:28 PM
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lol, you can really see the strap of my bike helmet
9/6/2021, 8:15:14 AM
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okay, today's the final stretch, back to Nürnberg! Komoot predicts 110 km, 780 m up, 890 m down – I'm confident I can do it
9/6/2021, 8:45:44 AM
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look I'm already on a Nürnberger Straße
9/6/2021, 9:57:38 AM
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interesting landscape
9/6/2021, 10:10:41 AM
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oh, the other side also looks cool
9/6/2021, 10:13:53 AM
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quaint
9/6/2021, 10:41:44 AM
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with 32.5 km down and the worst climbs all behind me, I took a quick break. unfortunately there was no mobile reception there so I can only tell you about it afterwards ^^
9/6/2021, 11:16:24 AM
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second time I've seen this sign with the old(?) DB logo today
9/6/2021, 11:25:10 AM
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almost halfway there, time for another break
9/6/2021, 12:26:24 PM
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alright let's continue
9/6/2021, 12:52:31 PM
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some ostriches and alpacas, I think?
9/6/2021, 1:24:46 PM
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"Please drive slowly! Our cats are dumb."
9/6/2021, 1:42:03 PM
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Und die Stadt Honolulu und der Fluss Mississippi und der See Titicaca...
9/6/2021, 2:29:28 PM
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(the real Racibórz / Ratibor is their twin city)
9/6/2021, 2:29:34 PM
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time for another break – a bit over 35 km left, so probably the last break
9/6/2021, 2:57:41 PM
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alright, let's go!
9/6/2021, 3:20:13 PM
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first bike sign pointing to Nürnberg, finally!
9/6/2021, 3:28:27 PM
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and look it's the Main-Donau-Kanal
9/6/2021, 3:29:38 PM
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Komoot has practically stopped giving directions, I just follow the straight path along the canal ^^
9/6/2021, 3:51:32 PM
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ok now I'm crossing the canal
9/6/2021, 4:08:09 PM
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Komoot says I've travelled 100 km \o/
9/6/2021, 4:19:43 PM
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seeing more cars registered in Nürnberg and suddenly realizing that surely there must be some obnoxious assholes who got themselves licence plates starting with "N FT"
9/6/2021, 4:31:07 PM
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and I'm back where I started 🎉
9/6/2021, 5:19:01 PM
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in 7 days (according to Komoot):
537.4 km distance
5290 m up
5340 m down
(where did those 50 vertical metres go? 🤔) https://twitter.lucaswerkmeister.de/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1301484612577886210
9/6/2021, 10:20:39 PM
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and here’s the other Komoot recordings I neglected to post so far:
day 2: https://www.komoot.de/tour/472243588?share_token=auRLngHUCS56uNZkJnxkKAnaZRncUrWQRP7IGDXN5bsLU1JxqY&ref=wtd
day 3: https://www.komoot.de/tour/473316194?share_token=a3o4Cl31mAuyiCsEldZNnwp5P9GCJbInF1f2CvDWYfwPY3bOMi&ref=wtd
day 4: https://www.komoot.de/tour/475247833?share_token=aC1tpG27xpH9LkmWr5FsUIpNrDG5yohwWOK2Rg35AFLuHILfAQ&ref=wtd
day 5: https://www.komoot.de/tour/476473820?share_token=aLQDhmwGoaa4qN5YTtkszLw1xGH7bSHFRqvLWC06HpV9aYUojx&ref=wtd
day 6: https://www.komoot.de/tour/478112946?share_token=awts3Zdo0fagOWg69Xx8SvNXM4yFMurdkcM8DFPIjvvEBt21DU&ref=wtd
day 7: https://www.komoot.de/tour/479556513?share_token=aOOFOXmxp5Hfz1G05xSkVRpnGl7FQ6ZVZFpcXevDouUw4HHozP&ref=wtd
^^
9/6/2021, 10:24:14 PM
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