Europe 2023 from Frankfurt : 2023-04-16 : Ride to Königstädten and Nauheim

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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Kms To Date Total Notes Actions
Cycle Small ride west of Mörfelden $0.00 27.00 27.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Mörfelden-Walldorf - START AirBnB Mörfelden-Walldorf $524.96 Check-in: 15:00, out: 11:00. Self check-in with Lockbox
Can come earlier - e-mail Aurora (through AirBnB) to let her know when we're leaving the airport
Free cancellation before 3:00 p.m. on Apr. 12. Cancel before check-in at 3:00 p.m. on Apr. 13 for a partial refund.
There is a bus from the airport that stops nearby. Close to the bakery Schäfer (Vitrolles Ring) you can drive to the airport, to the S-Bahn station and from there arrive. In front of the house, the bus 67, which comes from the S-Bahn station, stops Timetable see www.rmv.de
Breakfast: Bäckerei Schäfer, Alpenring 2 Opening hours: Mon-Fri 06: 00-18: 00 Sat 06: 00-17: 00 Sun 08.00-17.30 cheap breakfast https://www.schaefer-dein-baecker.de/node/675
Shopping:
  1. Net, Vitrolles Ring 105 (cheap but ok, e.g. drinks) Opening hours: Mon-Sat
  2. ALDI, Okrifteler Straße 16 (cheap but ok) Opening hours: Mon-Sat 08.00-21.00
  3. REWE, Farmstr. 101 (slightly more expensive, larger selection) Opening hours: Mon-Sat 08.00-22.00 A second smaller REWE is close to the station

In the evening and on Sundays, get drinks/snacks, etc.: in the kiosk Uththaman next door, around the corner next to the doner shop Opening hours: daily 07.00 to 22.00
Eating Out:
  1. Eiscafe Venetia Wednesday Closed
  2. Gasthaus Rot-Weiss 06105-717720 www.rotweiss-xxl.de Large schnitzel dishes etc. You can also sit outside in a nice way. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 16.00-23.00 Sun 11.00-15.00 +17.00-23.00 Di Yangtze Rest Day,
  3. Biergarten Gundhof: https://www.dergundhof.de you can also sit outside Opening hours: Wed-Sat from 17.00 (from May from 15.00) Sunday from 12.00
  4. Cafe Bar Motion, Farmstr. 101 Opening hours: from 09.00 https://cafe-bar-motion.de
  5. The Flying Dragon Bar, Sky Burgers/steaks you can also sit outside Opening hours: daily 17-23.00, Fri/Sat until 02.00
  6. Main Pizza Doner House: Doner/pizza right around the corner, quality ok Opening hours: daily 10.00-24.00


Waste disposal: all waste bins are located on the left in front of the house entrance: residual waste (grey bins), paper (blue bins), plastic/plastic (yellow bins), organic waste (brown bins) is separated Organic waste is collected in the round can with a green lid, which is on the window sill The paper trash can is in the storage compartment

Umbrellas: 2 umbrellas can be found in the storage room

Wash: There's a new washer and dryer in the basement. (Bosch). Washing powder etc. is on the washing machine. In the basement is also my tumble dryer (see photo, the high stand in the middle) Another tumble dryer is located in the storage room in the apartment incl. 2 expanders to secure it on the balconyTool:


Trip Log

Notes Actions
Some words about some gear choices:
  1. I am SO HAPPY that I brought the ‘Rhonda-proof camera’ along. Since I started using the iPhone for most of my photo taking, I rarely ever use the camera. But I decided to bring it along on the tour because I can put it around my neck and take pics while we’re riding. I would not be taking nearly as many pictures if I hadn’t because of how much of a hassle it is to take the iPhone out of its handlebar holder.
  2. When we did the Bike and Barge last summer I had neglected to bring cycle gloves along. I bought a pair of cheap gloves in Stralsund, but I couldn’t use them with the iPhone, so Brent nipped the ends of two fingers off for me. These are turning out to be my favorite cycling gloves.
  3. In early 2020, before the you-know-what, we were planning to do a tour in Germany in June 2020. In preparation for that, I tried a bunch of different iPhone holders and blogged about their respective strengths and deficiencies. I found that all of the ones that have weather protection are kind of awful. You often can’t see the screen through the cover and it’s a struggle to get the touch screen to respond. My solution was to keep a shower cap handy to throw over the phone in the light rain. That’s what I did today, and lo… it actually worked pretty good (in spite of how silly it looks)! https://www.faintofheartcycletouring.blog/2020/02/iphone-on-bike.html?m=1


We rode today from Walldorf down to Mörfelden, then west to Königstädten and Nauheim. Brent is learning how far he can push his ankle and he’s doing well. We will probably take it a little easier on the start of the tour than we would if there was no injury to content with but nothing that will really affect the tour. Yay!


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