After a belly buster breakfast we made what seemed like 10 trips up and down the hostel elevator to get all our gear to the bikes. With the promise of blue skies we set off from Cologne bound for Remagen and an open camp-site!
Navigating out of Cologne was relatively easy as we were just following the Rhein south.
Around Wesseling things got a little trickier when we had another case of the disappearing cycle route sign. Somehow we ended up in an industrial train depot which was clearly wrong. After a few wrong turns we ended up back on the correct route and headed for the nation's ex capital of Bonn.
It's amazing how easy it is to lose a large river when you head into a city...which is exactly what we did when we headed into Bonn! We had only gone into the city to find some bread for lunch and possibly some milk. With the help of a few passers by we managed to find the correct route back to the Rhein, had a brief stop for lunch and then headed on to Remagen.
For some reason the Germans have decided to dig everything up at once. Cycle paths were closed, as were the roads we wanted to take as a diversion. Finding the correct route has become more of a challenge than we would have liked. Nevertheless we eventually made it to Remagen and found the camp-site. Lovely weather today, hope it holds!
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