THURSDAY, 24th AUGUST : RANDERSACKER to SULZFELD

Our first stop this morning after leaving Randersacker was about 5kms away in Eibelstadt, an historic city founded in 787 in the time of Charles the Great.  It has a completely preserved city wall (including the "Kereturm" (tower) from 1573

Eibelstadt Town Hall with a golden Marian Column in front

St Nikolaus Catholic Church dominates the Eibelstadt skyline

The altar

The organ

The next stop was in Sommerhausen, practically next door to Eibelstadt, which has been an important municipality of the Main since the Middle Ages.  It is a market town, and all buildings in the town centre in the narrow, winding streets look back on several hundred years of history.  

The town hall dates from the 16th Century

The medieval city wall has been preserved.

Twenty minutes after leaving Sommerhausen, we were led up the garden path by directions written in chalk on the cycle path, to a cafe.  Being ready for coffee by then, we followed the directions, turning off the cycle path onto a cobbled path between two sports fields to a building, which seemed to be a club house not a cafe but was closed anyway.  

Not to worry, we were only minutes away from Ochsenfurt 

so we crossed the river and rode on the cobblestones to the centre of town where we found a cafe and ordered cold drinks.

While sipping our drinks and people watching, this father/daughter combination rode past.  Papa's bike was loaded up with what looked like camping gear and had a tow bar arrangement for his daughter's bike, she was carrying her toy dog and was very cute.

After drinks and a chat to a fellow rider who had camping gear on his bike, we strolled around the town

The Town Hall

The main street

A shoemaker's shop sign

An entrance gateway into the city

After about an hour and a half in Ochsenfurt we continued on our way

Stopping to take photos of a village 

A bridge

Another bridge - this one we crossed from Marktbreit to Selignitz

Alter Kranen, an historic crane on the Main River built in 1750

Farmlands & vines on the road to Sulzfeld

The street where we live (well, for tonight!)

Our square toilet

One of the town entrances

A river beach

The Imbiss where we had our evening meal of bratwurst and beer

The town Hall

Colourful buildings

Our planned walk around town in the cool of the evening was cut short by rain but nevertheless, it was yet another enjoyable day!