eurocop: Major climb today...

["Irčne Birchler" <tollkirschli@hotmail.com>]

All,

 

(Danno here) Found an Internet cafe in this tiny little mountain town of Einseideln (by the way Mom, I'm drinking their version of Sprite right now...).  Annie's taking a short nap; we had a major climb today, grinding about 2000 feet in 4km.  Ouch.  I think the alptitude may be affecting her a little today.  Actually, we may not be officially in the Alps, although we can see them.

 

Yesterday was interesting.  We had a relatively uneventful ride from Stein am Rhein to Zürich.  Not thrilled with riding through the big city, we thought we may ride on through Zürich and stay down the lake a bit.  That is, until we discovered yesterday evening was the beginning of a three day celebration on the waterfront, commemorating Zürich's 150th birthday.  I guess this area was half German and half French before that.  Anyway, the festival was way cool.  Lots of bands, food, bier, carnival rides, and fireworks.  Well worth the stay.  Saw a wide diversity of people trying to avoid the rain.  It was a fun time.

 

Today's climb is supposed to be the worst we'll see.  There sure are tons of bikers up here.  Not just touring bikes, but road bikes, mountain bikes.  I guess folks love their precious few months of nice weather.  We really can't blame 'em, but we also can't relate.

 

Overall, the legs are holding up just fine.  I have thoughts of getting some fat knobby tires in Interlaken, ditching the bags, and trying to get in some real mountain biking.  We're going to take a few days to check-out the Grinderwald area, and probably take the loop out to zoom on the Eiger (of Eiger Sanction fame, Clint Eastwood, 1970's).

 

Thanks to Sharc-n-Amy and Mom-n-Dad for dropping us a note.  Keep 'em coming.

 

Talk to ya'll soon,

 

- Annie and Danno