Day 6 - Mittelberg to Oberstaufen (47k)

The gods of the bike path smiled down upon us today. Although we started with a bit of a climb (half mile pretty steep), thereafter we had mile after mike of nice, clean concrete. There were 3k stretches of flats. We promised the boys we would stop at any 'epic soccer fields' which are also known as 'any soccer fields'. So along the way we had two great finds (see pic). Saya prefers to be in charge of all things, so I took her to a nearby field where we made purple and white clover necklaces
so that the boys could play uninterrupted. There was a pond of incredibly clear water there where she created 'an underwater garden' by planting the flowers in the silt.

As usual we found some incredible restaurants along the way - I have included a bonus blog titled 'things Lucas has eaten'. We have learned to take a few packets of nutella from breakfast with us as a snack.

Our goal today was to increase our mileage a bit without causing the kids any issues which we did no problem. If we had had more climbs, it would have been more difficult. Tomorrow, we've been warned, will be steep.

In Oberstaufen, we are about 45k from Landau which we hope to make tomorrow, weather and terrain depending. We found a great hotel with a pool. The kids love swimming after an all day bike ride, and ice cream. They got both.

Tonite we are watching Germany v. Italy in the semifinals. Slightly sunburned, but happy, we will sit in a beer garden and soak it all in.

Conversation:

Charlie- asking Saya to write/draw in her journal about the day.

C- 'You could draw a picture of the horses we saw.'

S -' Uh, Daddy, I can't draw a horse. I can only draw Unicorns.'