Day 13 Even Gutenburg pressed on.

A shorter riding day on paper had us moving rather lackadaisically this morning. Little did we know that a combination of detours, headwinds, and mud covered roads would have us feeling like yet another tough day in the saddle. Every day we ride along the river it grows in size and activity. Barges and tourist boats are a constant sight now. Seems so far away from the glacial stream we started with. The last few miles into Mainz were the most developed we've seen, filled with eateries and riverbank parks. The great weekend weather seemed to have attracted the whole town out to bask in the sun. As Gutenberg's hometown, we were excited to tour the museum and grasp a better understanding of how the printing press monumentally altered the world. We followed that up with a tour of the cathedral and some amazing gelato before a short ride back across the river to Bebreich Castle grounds and our hotel next door. Now we enter the Rhine gorge and are looking forward to exploring this, most popular section of the Rhine.

No sour grapes in these vineyards 

Main Mane in Mainz

Hard pressed to think of a more impacting invention

First print bible. Stored inside a vault.  photo taken just as I was told "no photos allowed"  notice the laser security reflections