1253 km, greetings from Praha

Greetings from Praha

After Gemunden our trip continued eastwards. We had a few beautiful days in Bayern. In fact it was a little bit too beautiful, temperatures rose to almost 40 degrees in the sun. Combined with the first hills this meant a real challenge. We drank over 9 liters a person just to keep us going (including the beers) We cant complain though its much nicer then cycling through rain. Furthermore it seems we don't meet as many other cyclists here anymore as before, guess the terrain explains why :) Anyways its good training for further climbing later in the trip.

We've visited Karlovy Vary ans walked the famous promenade on Tuesday and also had a look at the little but beautiful town Loket. We stayed at a little camping site which costs us a hefty 60 Koruna (2,10 euro). Very different from the first site here in Cheb which was 450 Koruna and crowded with Dutch people.

This afternoon we arrived in Praha and
had a bad start. Someone opened the door of the car without looking in his mirror, resulting in an accident. Tjeerd managed to break just in time but since Erik was not applying the so called 2-second rule, i.e. was riding in the slipstream and took a dive. In the process Tjeerd got punctured with a °tent haring° in the left butcheek. Luckily he has a few days to recover from the damages....

Tomorrow well do some sightseeing with Tjeerds parents and have a look what this town has to offer. After that we are off to Wien. We've made lots of pictures, but unfortunately again a PC from which we cant upload. So once again the pictures will have too wait. Keep posting responses we love to hear how you are all doing. And by the way, Peter and Nathaly were do I have to apply for a new job when I get back ;)

Till later all...
Erik and Tjeerd