Day 29 (May 31) Side trip to Hanau

Tiredness must have caught up with us we didn't arise until 8:30.  Our continental breakfast was awaiting us, and we enjoyed it.  We waited and waited for Stefan's assistant to come in so that we could pay our bill and get our insurance.  Another couple from the States arrived and we enjoyed chatting with them especially after we discovered that he was an Iron Butt Rally finisher in 2011, the year it started in Seattle and finished in Ontario, CA.  

Finally after noon the lady showed up, but she had been having medical issues which delayed her.  She took care of the both of us and Dave and Lee-Ann were on the way to Strasbourg, France and we followed shortly thereafter on our exploration trip to Hanau.

After leaving Knopf Tours we refueled the bike for the first time in a year and made our way up to Hanau via the back roads.  The ride through the countryside and small villages was fun, but the traffic in and around Hanau was horrific.  We found the center of town and the historic castle before taking a little rest break to stretch our legs and cool off a bit.  Riding this large bike in city traffic is a challenge with all of the stop and go traffic.  But we managed.

I let the GPS route us back via a different route than we rode up on.  I kept us off the freeway except fowr one short section.  We made a quick McRib stop along the way to rebuild our energy loss, and arrived back at Knopf Tours at 9:25 or just after dark.  We chatted with a couple new riders from Canada who were just finishing their 2016 rides.

We did a little route planning for tomorrow before collapsing into beds.