Ich liebe Deutschland!

Germany is a cycling haven.  The infrastructure is highly developed: aside from bike paths/trails, there is an extensive network of side roads which are all marked and sign-posted.  Essentially, it is possible to navigate (on good cycling roads) from city to city just by following signpost markings.  Much of southern Germany is agricultural and next to most roads is a parallel 'frontage' road that tractors, cyclists, runners, etc can use without having to deal with car traffic-it's truly cool.  And it is heartening to see so many people using this route network; I've probably seen more active hikers and bikers this week in Germany than Spain and France combined.  This is my first time to Germany and everything is impressing me.  The campsites are clean, modern, convenient and still very beautiful.  I've been able to afford restaurants here and just love sausages, schnitzel and spaetlz, all washed down with a great German brew.

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