There was wind and rain all night into the morning in Bredstedt. With no hope for the weather to change we decided to take the train south to Hamburg and find a connection to Bremen. We started the day with a great breakfast at the Hotel/cafe "Frida" and we ended up the day in a great west african restaurant in Bremen with a delicious meal and a good dose of beer for Steve, wine for Patricia and a bonus amazing liquor called "Amarula" made in Africa (yum!). You can appreciate the food in the pictures.
The German trains are wonderful, they are fast and on time, in the one from Bredstedt to Hamburg, the bikes traveled for free and we only paid 8 euros for the one from Hamburg to Bremen. The bike car fits several bikes and we were able to find a seat in the same car, we met several touring hopeful people who decided to use the train instead of suffering in the rain and wind. It was a little dicey to find our way in Hamburg without much German and for me no map (I feel lost without a good map...Steve says also with a good map...). We arrived in Bremen in the early afternoon and went around for a total of 4.5 miles on the bike until we found a nice hotel in downtown. We then went for a 5-6 mile run by the river and then off to find some good food around the corner. Tomorrow WE WILL RIDE! Enough of waiting for the rain and wind to stop... OK we will see how it is in the morning, the goal is to get to Groningen to visit our friend Esther in two days.
I love Amarula. Let's hear it for multi-modalism but glad you're back on the bike. We bused to Cajamarca (not with the llama) and are facing a 9000 foot climb soon. We'll see if we make it. We plan to take 2-3 days to do it.
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