I know, we only had a rest day the other day! With finding camp-sites becoming more of a problem we decided to stay put and try and plan out our accommodation for the next few days.
We headed into Mainz with the intention of having a look around and finding an internet café, to do some serious research. As seems to be the case in all of these German cities the centre is dominated by the Dom (Cathedral) and everything else is built around it. Mainz's Dom is huge but unfortunately covered by quite a lot of scaffolding, which rather spoils the effect. We did a brief tour of the sights on foot and found the city to be very pleasant; the Kirschgarten area especially is very picturesque with its half wood houses.
After a pleasant wander round the city, we found an Internet café. No thanks to the tourist information office, all the ones they found didn't exist or at least we couldn't find them. Some serious research later and a good dose of smoke inhalation from the cigarette filled café, we had some places to stay for the next few days. We should get at least as far as Strasbourg before we need to check again.
With the sun still shining on us, we went back to the camp-site for a beer and to give the bikes their first clean. This was especially needed after Debbie's off road route!
A long one tomorrow so an early night is called for, travelling from Mainz to Manneheim approx 80kms, lets hope it stays fine!
Oops forgot to mention, beautiful sunset tonight over the Rhein with Mainz in the background. Life is indeed good!
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