16-22deg, cloudy but fine. Our last day in Frankfurt started with a leisurely brekkie in the hotel. We had all day to sort and pack. Greg decided to walk to the Palm Garden and then take a look through the Botanic Garden. Wendy opted for a walk along the river and chilling out at the hotel. The gardens were excellent, especially the climate controlled tropical glass houses, some dating back to 1869. The Palm House is the largest building of its kind in the world....

Total km for tour 1,574km, 17-25 deg cloudy and cooler. Back at the Holiday Inn where we started so a nice hearty brekkie in-house. Bus-loads of Chinese and Indian tourists are still here. It's nice to see that they now are the new "middle class" and have the resources to travel and see the world. That way they can share the joys of their success. Today we need to clean the bikes (for our very fussy Customs & Quarantine people) and put them back in their boxe...

41km, 21-33deg, fine and pleasant. Our last day on the bikes for this tour, where has the time gone? As Maccas was across the street from the hotel, some (who shall remain nameless) had to wait until they opened to have brekky. Maccas opens very late (8am) here compared to Oz. They actually serve a nice bacon and eggs breakfast in Germany so it's not too bad for you. Greg had brekkie in the room. Rode away at 9am and headed back to the city centre of Mainz for a ...

103km, 20-29deg, fine and cooler. Got underway at 7:30am this morning to try and avoid the worst of the heat. Although the temp, 20-29deg, didn't turn out to be as hot as forecast a couple of days ago, 38deg. 29 is so much more pleasant then 39-40deg. Immediately crossed the Rhein River to be on the left bank for the Rhein Cycle Route. Wendy and Greg did this route from Switzerland (where the Rhein starts) last year, but then left it not far from Mannheim to ente...

20km, 25-38deg, fine and hotter. Our first task for the day was to change hotels as it was just too hot sleeping without aircon, the thing wasn't even blowing air, hot or cold. We have an 80+km ride on Monday in heat forecast to be 37deg so we want to be refreshed before we start. The hotel we were in gave us a refund of the cost of the second night without question as they knew they were conning people by not saying anything about the busted aircon before they c...