Sept 11 2014 Volkach to Prichsenstadt.    When we got up for breakfast it was raining and had been most of the night.  I whined about riding in the rain but by the time breakfast was over it had quit.  As you know whining can fall on deaf ears.  We rode thru Frankenwinheim and on to Gerolzhofen.  That towns claim to fame was they killed 262 witches in olden days.  Then while riding over hill and dale we went by a small chapel dedicated to St Gertrude, parton saint of travelers, gardeners and cats.  J lit a candle for Lief Voeltz,  a Mt Shasta friend that is having a battle with leukemia.  On to Oberschwarzach and the to our destination Handthal.  Handthal, the village, is pretty much a road with houses, weinguts and hotels on each side.  And it turned out it was closed.  We were going to have a glass of wine but nothing was open except the wine bar Stoolberg which was a long uphill ride.

We rode back to oberschwarzach and on to Prichsenstadt.  There I cajoled J into having a glass of wine and some kochkase.  So we stopped at the Hotel Storch, which had a beer garden open, and we lunched.  I then managed to talk her into calling it a day and getting a room.  That's hard to do at 1500.  She wants to ride till dark.  The Storch was full but we got a room at the Hotel Adler.

spectres in the mist

A bike trail in every direction.

The chapel dedicated to St. Gertrude

There was a stone scupture of Christ on the Cross but it got stolen in the 50's

Lighting a candle for Lief

Cycling thru the farmland

Schloss Stollburg, the remaining turret of the castle built in 1151 and destroyed in the 30 years war in 1525

Wine bar Stollburg

gate  and tower into Prichsenstadt.

Main street of the old town of Prichsenstadt.

Gate at the other end of town of Prichsenstadt