Out with the Monday morning rush hour, but just cars, no bikers and definitely no tour bikers helping us find our way.  We wound through town for about a mile and then started to climb, climbed for two straight miles.  Which was very tough, considering our breakfast of smoked salmon, sun-dried tomatoes and Brie on fresh baked bread, etc, etc.

But it was worth it, the vistas were beautiful and the Alps (yes, they are there on the horizon)

were slowly disappearing behind us.  Don’t misunderstand, the Alps are breathtakingly beautiful, but we do not want to be anywhere close to them when traveling by bike.

What we did enjoy seeing were the small towns,

beautiful fields and

farms,

covered bridges,

small streams

and all with a wind to our back.  Can’t say we really felt the wind when climbing some of the 14% grades, but it was nice on the straight-a-ways.

Not sure if this is a castle,

but it seems at every turn into a town

or out into the country,

we were treated to another treasure.

We traveled with a bike map for the first 10 miles; about the time the map ended, so did the bike signs.  So we rode the bike path beside a highway.  Thanks to Jerry’s navigational skills, we found our way to Wagen.

What an unexpected treat.

Still looking for a bike map, Duckys’ enjoyed a moment alone.

From this enchanting town we headed back into the country

and it’s beautiful terrain.

At 2:00, way sooner than we thought (okay, so the wind helped) we reached out destination to the sound of thunder.  We quickly found our hotel in the center of the city and got checked in.  We stopped in Memmingen because the mileage worked, what we didn’t expect was this……

And the chocolate shops of all chocolate shops…..

….check out the chandeliers.

Even a shop that sells the authentic clothing of Bavaria.

Just unreal.

So with just a little extra time on our hands, we stop at a shop or two

and enjoy ourselves.