Well we woke up and guess what, it was raining still! It didn’t seem too terribly bad so we decided to try biking in it. Ty would not only be carrying all the camping gear, he would also pull both the kids in the chariot so they could stay dry.
We had a wonderful breakfast at the hotel. 
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Before we put on all our rain gear and hoped for the best.
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We’ve definitely gotten our money’s worth out of this chariot! 😆
The ride was so beautiful but so wet!
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We crossed over this amazing wooden bridge.
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So wet! And you notice the dirt path we’re now on. It made everything so muddy and filthy!
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I finally had to stop Ty because my hands were so cold. He gave me some dry gloves which I then covered with free doggie poop bags to stay dry. 🤷🏻♀️ You do what you need to!
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We finally made it to Rhein Falls which are the largest waterfalls in all of Europe. The kids and I were freezing at this point. So we came, we looked, Ty took photos, and we said let’s find the train!
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Funny side story, another cyclist was there and he came up to Ty so excited to see him. He said something like I saw your video and now I’m seeing you!! Ty had no idea what he was talking about, if it was actually us or not but hey, we seemed to have made his day. Also people have been taking photos and videos of us along the way so it’s hard to say if it was or wasn’t us he saw. We’re kind of a rolling circus!
The train station was just up the hill from the waterfall so that was nice. What wasn’t great was he fact we had to wait 40 minutes for the next train.
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We finally get on the warm train!
However, it stopped after about two stops. This wasn’t really the train we wanted. 😩 So we waited about 20 minutes or so for our next train. Thankfully the conductor let us sit on our current train till the next one arrived.
That one took us to our last stop where we found out we had to wait an hour for our last train. 😭
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So we are our lunch of snacks in the ‘smoking room’ out of the rain and read some Little Prince.
We finally made it to our town in about the same amount of time it would have taken us to ride our bikes. 🙄 I zipped into the grocery store to get dinner and breakfast food. Then we rode our bikes to the house Ty had rented. I was so thankful we aborted camping again! The rain had stopped but we still all needed to dry ourselves out.
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It took a lot of wandering and one international phone call to find this house but it’s been totally worth it!
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I unpacked all our clothes while Ty washed our bikes and gear. R made friends with the family that lives downstairs and it’s been so fun to hear how much german she knows! Oh yeah, we’re now in Germany. Apparently we crossed over the boarder on our last train ride. Who knew?!
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Ty caught just this snippet of her chatting with the kids. She ran off to the playground with them while L helped me get dinner ready.
After dinner R and L have been slipping notes under the doors of the kiddos downstairs. International friendships are the best! So thankful this miserably cold, wet, and long day ended on such a high note.
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The weather is supposed to stay clear tomorrow, the gear is all dry and ready for us to cycle a full day. 🤞🏻
