The ride from Eglisau to Bad Sackigen was only about 40 kms and the map indicated that there were no significant hills. After a hard day, even small hills seem large. It is Sunday and we had resigned ourselves to eating lunch at a restaurant because most of the grocery stores would be closed. We arrived in the town where we planned to have lunch. According to the map it was supposed to have at least one restaurant. We found the town and the restaurant to be closed on Sundays.
We moved onto the next town about four kilometers away. We were riding close to the Rhine with very few hills. As we approached the town, there was major construction on the banks of the Rhine and a detour. This detour lead us up the banks away from the Rhine to a major highway with a bike path. Along the detour we stopped for lunch at a small restaurant. We had a little difficulty conversing with the waitress who I believe spoke Italian and a bit of German. Regardless of the difficulties we ended up with another amazing meal. Our meals came with either french fries or salad. The kids selected the fries and the adults selected the salad. The side salad was more like a selection of five or six salads. My pork chop was perfectly cooked and the salads were amazing. I'm not a huge fan of salad but this was different. I'm not sure if it was our hunger, the fresh ingredients or the recipes but each of the salads were different and delicious. We also drank three liters of water with the meal which meant we didn't have to find an open store to get more water.
After our wonderful lunch, we finish our hilly detour and rolled towards our destination. After staying on the Swiss side of the Rhine a couple of nights, we decided to move back over to the German and hopefully save some money. I was able to find four separate rooms with single beds in a house for a very reasonable price.
The rooms were reasonable but not spotless. The owner was pleasant and took a great interested in our trip. The owners daughter was elusive and we barely caught a glimpse of her but knew she was their based on the typical teenager sounds (ring tones, talking and music) coming from her room. We went down to the Rhine for a swim and then had pizza for dinner in our rooms. A welcome budget day after our expensive Swiss excursion.
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