9-10 June
The next ‘stage’ of our ride was from Lauterbourg to Karlsruhe, now in Germany proper. As soon as you leave Lauterbourg you are over the border. More agricultural land then the Rhine, which the cycle track follows up to the Karlsruhe bridge.
Up and over, along and through, and we arrived at the Karlsruhe Youth Hostel, where we stayed over 40 years ago. Well, sort of. It has been added to, modernised and updated in the human sense. Breakfast is included and the evening meal available for a very fair price. Bonus for us was meeting David, chef and general handy-person, who comes from north of Brisbane and has been there for 3 years. We really enjoyed talking with him about nothing in particular. And he gave us Vegemite! We stayed there two nights, as we wanted to explore Karlsruhe. (2 people in a 6-bedded room, plenty of space)
Second bonus was the Karlsruhe Museum, which has a stunning antiquities section, one of the most significant in Germany. From 3000BC and across many cultures, the finds are diverse and staggering, in number and quality. The rest of the museum is interesting too but the antiquities are worth a detour for.
It is the 300th anniversary of the town and they are gearing up for 15 weeks of celebration. The front of the castle is being converted into a temporary stage, by the look of it and people we spoke to were sorry we couldn’t stay!
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