Travel day - Ulm, Germany

First of all, I would like to thank Tim, Tammy and Zachary Greene for welcoming a stranger to their home and cooking me a fantastic steak dinner! Tammy asked if I.d like baked or mashed potatos, I of course said MASHED! Man, I miss southern cookin'. Tim has got to know more about German history then most of the Germans themselves. Thanks for the history lessons Tim!
So yesterday I toured the Schloss Castle and pretty much just the places in downtown Heidelberg. I got a pass to see a few places and rode the bike to get to them. It.s so much easier being able to go where you want to, and not have to figure out the local "strasse" (trains). I drank a beer with 33% alcohol in it, and it was pretty good. It.s called Vetters 33 and it looks like a stout, but tastes really sweet. Odd, but I liked it! So after playing tourist I got on the net to try and decide where I was going next. My original plan was to go to Italy, but I just don.t feel that compelled to go, at least not right now. I went back over to the Greene.s and we went and had a really good Italian dinner, then walked around the neighborhoods. I wish we had city planners in Atlanta like they did\do in Germany. There were little parks on about every other block. And not just tiny ones, really cool ones with awesome swing sets and jungle gyms. Then we got on the net & Tim talked me into sticking around southern Germany, which didn.t take much convincing either! I.ve had a great experience in this country, so I might as well stay. That, and there are bike paths everywhere and not as many in Italy.
So I took the train to Ulm and went to the church in the center of town, which is the main attraction. It has the tallest spire of all churches, or that.s the claim to fame. I toured the city and found a bookstore with bike path maps. It also includes recommended B&B.s to stay at, so I have a reservation about 60 km from here for tomorrow. It will probably be hit or miss for a while on internet connections, I think I.m going to be in some small towns for a while. But the plan is to make my way down to Garmisch then back over to Lindau (Bodensee), then on my way to Interlaken by the 18th or 19th. So all is well from Euro, I.m just taking it easy! Peace.
P.S. - I added some pics from the last week that you can check out now on my older posts, if you didn.t notice already.

Schloss CastleChurch in Ulm. Don.t ask names, I don.t pay attention most of the time....

The inside of the unnamed church in Ulm. Very nice!