Bicycle Touring: Strasbourg, France to Speyer, Germany

Life after sepsis and back to bicycle touring, my latest update: cycling Strasbourg, France to Speyer, Germany. 86 Miles. Nice early finish today, not! I had it in my head that I would stop early today, so come 4 o’clock. As I passed through Germersheim, I spotted a campsite, which, as it turned out, wasn’t a campsite at all!

Not a problem, as I wasn’t expecting to camp tonight anyway. I knew that there were some hotels in Germersheim, I’ll just go and check into one of those!

Not a chance. They were all full, although I did have my doubts about some of them. I just don’t think they could be bothered!

Bloody Hotels

Anyway, the long and short of it all is that I ended up in Speyer, another 10 miles down the road. Unfortunately, all the hotels here were also fully booked! But thanks to the two very nice girls at the reception of the last hotel I tried, they found me a room or rather an apartment!

Apparently, Tuesday and Wednesday are not very good for finding accommodation. All the hotels are booked up with business people, according to the owner of my apartment. I’ll have to bear that in mind tomorrow! Seeing as I’ve got my own place tonight, I thought I’d cook, and went out and bought something very simple: pizza and chips!

Good idea, not! I get back to the apartment, only to find there’s no oven! I’m currently trying to cook a pizza in a frying pan and oven chips in a saucepan on the hob! All in all, a rather stressful end to the day!

Life After Sepsis: Eurovelo Bicycle Tour Information

• • Photos: See my photos on Flickr
  • The route: My route across Europe
  • Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
  • Tour page: Ride overview

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