A second day off in Biberach, Germany
Since last night was a late one, we all slept until 10:00 except for Giovanna who stayed up even later than the rest of us working on a school assignment and was gone in the morning way before the rest of us slackers got out of bed.
As we ate some breakfast a big thunderstorm came through. We were thanking our lucky stars as we had originally planned on leaving on the bikes today but really couldn't because of the brake pad situation. Once the rain stopped, Joerg walked us back into town to the bike shop where we again had him translate so we now had what we needed. The bike shop guy was able to get the original pads we bought on, but it was not easy for him. So instead we exchanged the replacement pads for the whole brake assembly with new pads.
After finishing at the bike shop, we enjoyed some free internet use at the city hall sending out some emails to warm shower contacts coming up on our route. We have been going back and forth trying to decide on our route from here. Marie is dying for some mountain scenery which we could do now if we deviated from our original plan of cycling up the Rhein River. But we're pretty sure that we are going to stick to that plan. Joerg has offered to meet us on Saturday down by the Bodensee, where we will head tomorrow, to take us on a hike in the Austrian Alps. We are looking forward to that and hope the weather cooperates.
John put on all the new brake pads and rotated the tires on the bikes.
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