The heatwave continued today, but we took precautions by planning a shorter day. In the end we only did 59km from Weil to Breisach, arriving at around 1pm. We ditched our idea of going to Freiburg, as that would involve cycling away from the (cooler) river.

The first part of our trip was through some pretty small towns, until we found the path along the river. The path was unsealed but easy to ride along, and most importantly shaded for a lot of the way. We could only catch glimpses of the Rhine every now and then.

      

We met a German couple from Stuttgart who had been touring for two weeks. They were cutting their tour short and taking a train home because of the heat. We also met a group of four from Ecuador on their first cycling trip.

Breisach is an attractive town, with a cathedral on the hill above the Rhine.

We waited until about 9pm for it to cool down before we left our hotel to go out for a beer – the temperature had cooled down to 31 degrees at that time. We found a bar with a fan! There were a couple of locals in the bar that talked a lot of nonsense with Kris (in German). When we left at 10.30 pm the temperature had only cooled to 28 degrees.