Today was our first day on the Weser cycle route, and also the first day touring with Esther. Kris and I enjoyed the change of pace.

Here are Esther and Kris, about to leave from the Kassel hotel after a good buffet breakfast.

 

This huge anchor is on the route out of Kassel.

The first part of our route was still along the Fulda river. The bike path was generally good, although we did do a stretch along the road because they are resurfacing the bike path – luckily with very little traffic.

The Fulda joins the Weser river at Han Munden, and the rest of our route followed the Wesser – sometimes directly and sometimes alongside adjoining wheatfields.

We were amused by these young men and their makeshift covered raft.

We had a couple of light showers on the way and one heavy one. During the heavy shower we quickly ducked into a shelter outside a Harley Davidson workshop. A couple of pug dogs appeared and were very interested in the biscuits we were snacking on.

We enjoyed watching this ferry crossing to Reinhardshagen (sorry Reinhard, we didn’t cross but got a couple of photos of your town). This is another ferry that just uses the river current to power it back and forth, and it takes cars too.

       

Our next stop was the Klosterkirche St. Georg und Maria in Lippoldsberg – a stunning romanesque church from the mid 12^th century. There was an exhibition of paintings by a local artist and music playing in the church to add to the atmosphere.

     

         

From here it was not far to our destination at Bodenfelde – a 68km ride in all. We found our accommodation in an old fashioned pension quite easily. As we were standing nearby the proprietress walked by and spoke to us – the price was right and they have wifi so we took it.

We had a beer at this river front outdoor cafe, and followed that up with a meal at a Greek restaurant on the river – the portions were huge so we ate well!