September 20, 2010
Gorgeous! Surprised again. I opened my shutters to such an amazing view it was almost better because I got in too late to realize what view I had from my balcony. I slept in and got a slow start riding because I had free wifi again and figured 35-40 miles would be half as difficult as the 75 from the day before.
The day was a mixture of pristine farmland, lake views, with snow-capped peaks just at the edge of view. I intersected paths with a German bike tourist that would regularly ride nearly across Europe during the summer. He was planning for coffee in Bulle, then camp in the forest a little beyond (about the top of the hill). He was excited becaues the next day he'd reach Lake Geneva and head around to the French side where he'd be using Euros again. This was important because he was stressing how expensive he felt it was in Switzerland. He ballparked that it would take me about five hours to get to Berne that night; and about two to Freiberg. This was hard to believe, but he turned out to be quite accurate in his estimate. I arrived to my destination in the dark again, and turned off of the planned bike routes in favor of a more direct road routed by my GPS to try and save miles as it got late. Despite riding about 30 miles less than the day before, the number of hills meant that I only climbed about 400 less feet (2,500 instead of 2,900).
So, in short, it was long but beautiful. Need to start earlier than 1:30pm tomorrow...
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