Franconia. German cycling tour. Goodbye Bamberg, hello Forsheim, Erlangen and Zirndorf.

Hotel Brudermühle - what a find!



http://www.brudermuehle.de/

We could not have had a better start to our trip, now it was time to get our cycles from the store across the courtyard and get started!

A lock just outside Bamberg

Lock on canalised River Main

Forsheim port

Forsheim - an interesting fortified town between Bamberg and Nurnburg

Forsheim

Erlangen - it poured with rain as we arrived.  Thankfully we found a handy cafe in main square.

Zorndorf was something of a dissapointment.  I wanted to visit having stayed at the Cafe Bub 35 years ago. Now the grandmother who ran it has long gone and the place has expanded to 5 properties, but the personal touch has gone.  It is very near Playmobile Fun Park and so caters for families visiting the funpark, and not couples wanting a quiet time in refined surroundings!