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 enter France to tour the WWI Battlefields. So today we sort of took up where we left off last year. It was just a fantastic ride all day, apart from one short rough section where a flood had washed away the smooth path. They're usually right onto the repairs however they can't be everywhere at once. Our first stop was Worms with its huge 12th century St Peters Cathedral and a rather strange name. However Worms originated from a Celtic name so it's nothing to do with the wriggly things that live in the ground. The cathedral was sort of dark and gloomy, but in a nice cozy sort of way. The inside is massive, 110m long X 36m wide X 40m high! There was a fair amount of archeological activity going on in the courtyard when we visited and by the look of it a heck of a lot of ancient buildings were being uncovered. While we were in Worms we had mornos at the Back Factory ("Bread Factory"). The food was good and reasonably priced. Not long after Worms we crossed the Rhein by ferry, which is always fun. On we went through a lot of farmlands, (saw many crops, wheat, barley, canola and peas which are primed and ripe for harvest) forests and the occasional village, but we didn't go through any substantial towns till we reached Mainz. And then we veered off before the city to go to our hotel, Park Inn, which is about 5km out of town away from the Rhein. We were all pretty stoked on arrival as we had cracked the big 100km for the day. It was a great effort as some were not used to those sort of distances. In addition everyone felt pretty good afterwards. Dinner was Asian at a nearby shopping centre and it was fresh and quick. Picked up some tipple at the supermarket and had after-dinner-drinks in the very pleasant sitting area of the foyer. Despite our big effort on the bike we were all pretty much awake till 9pm!!! Then we started to fade so we called it a day. One of the best on tour.