We covered an easy 40 miles or so before arriving at Mittersheim around lunch time.
The first cafe we found wasn't serving food but they said there was another restaurant just along the canal. Sure enough at the next lock we found the restaurant and were delighted to see the car park filled with white vans. We have discovered that this is a sure sign of a decent lunch in France. (We're back in France again).
3 courses for 12 euros later we were back on the canal path for another few miles before cutting off over the hills to Sarbourge and to join the Marne- Rhine canal. Shortly after Sarbourge I was a bit surprised that we kept on climbing as the map showed our route following the line of the canal. The only problem was that the canal went through a tunnel!
We are now on a great wee campsite at Saint Louis which has an area specifically set up for bike tourists with covered seating areas and charging points for phones and gadgets. The couple running the site were extremely welcoming and obviously realised that bikers are fuelled by beer and wine.
On our way to dinner at the excellent neighbouring bistro we got chatting to a Dutch couple who were also bike touring. John and Corrie had started in the north of Holland and, like us, they were also heading to Basel. However they are then carrying on through Switzerland to Milan, Monaco and ending up in Avignon, a trip ofor 6 to7 weeks. We were dead jealous! (John is over seventy!)
Doing 65 miles today means we are now at the gateway to Alsace and for the first time on our trip know how many days we actually need to get to Basel, Luckily for us it looks like it can be done easily in 3 days and we gave 4 left so we should be able to take it easy for the last part of our trip.
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