I rode Johann's bike, and we climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed. There was really nice bike paths that used to be RR Tracks. The whole ride was incredibly scenic. We stopped halfway up to have a rest:
Once at the top, we kind of walked around and looked at the nice scenery. There was a youth hostel there, and Michael told me that he had stayed there before when he was younger.
There was also a TV Tower, and once a plane crashed into it. Allegedly, the wreckage could not all be cleared out, so some of it is still up there and the inside of the tower was just rebuilt around it. Weird.
There was a man with a herd of Schafe. He had two dogs patrolling the herd and keeping them in line! The Schafe were grazing.
This sign atop the volcano pointed in the direction and listed mileage of other well known volcanos. Mount St. Helen's was over 8000km away!
On the way home, we were pedaling through the forest and there were signs posted to not the path/stay out of the forest. Michael told me that there used to be a bomb factory in the forest here during the war but it was firebombed by the Americans. There are still land mines in the forest and it is really some peoples' job to comb the forest looking for the land mines. Every year, they find two or three. Amazing!
After the radtour, we went back to the house, where a birthday party was happening! There was all kinds of traditional German food (and even veg potato salad for me!) including five different types of cake that were made from scratch. A lot of friends and family came over to the house and ate, drank some beers, socialized, played cards. I ended up winning 1.50Euro in the card game. I felt badly since I was the guest, but they insisted that I take my winnings! A nice end to a nice day!
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