Day 7
Titisee, Germany – Lucerne, Switzerland – 230.7km

WOW! What a great ride. I slowed it down today from being tired and lead a small group of four people through some heinous twisties before hitting the straights into Switzerland.

Some of these roads require being very cautious on. Imagine one of our roads that is only 1.5 lanes wides (total for the road) and hairpin curves with cars, truck, and tour busses waiting for you around the corner (which you cannot see through).

Heading into Switzerland was no big deal, but the ride was very nice and I was able to give up my leadership to a couple that was riding two up. She was reading maps and our guide book while he had a map on the tank. I call it cheating, but it worked quite well.

The drivers in Switzerland were not as nice as the drivers in Germany. The Germans are much more courteous drivers and would give way to the bikes. In Switzerland they wouldn’t try to kill you (like back home), but they weren’t quite as willing to let you ride on by.

The worst part of the day was trying to get to the hotel! Lucerne is a big city with lots of traffic. They had the street getting to the hotel blocked off for a significant period of time. We had to circle and wait (some folks were waiting up to two hours) before they opened the street up and we could get to the hotel.

Tired, and hungry we made the bars and dinner before crashing early to get a good nights rest.