Day 202 Oct 28 Sun - Scenic View Camp after Horb a. Neckar to Black Forest Camp in Oppenau

Sonja from Freudenstadt -Thank you for offering a hot coffee , you are such a friendly and wonderful lady !
German couples following the Malaysin flag in Freudenstadt. They worked 5 years in Malaysia where they met their life partners

Music fountain in marketplatz of Freudenstadt

Around Freudenstadt

The start of the Great downhill of the Black Forest

Tourist buses also pilling here
Bad Gerisbach

Spent sometimes relax and enjoy the view
Still going strong
Oppenau Camp

Today's Distance: 63 km
Today's Temp: 6 - 12°c
Average Speed: 14 max: 57.5
Time on Bike: 4 hr 25 min
Average climb: 3% max: 13%
Trip Altitude: 842 m max: 1013 m
Today's spending: 8.07 euro
Total Distance to date: 13121 km
Total spending to date: 368.90 euro

" Sunshine ....on my shoulder..... makes me HAPPY!!!!!!... I guessed when the late John Denver wrote this song,he must have not seen the sun for a long time in the cold weather just like me now in the Black Forest of Germany.Yes, it was a long awaited sunny afternoon day which lasted for only 2 hours between 2-4 pm. I couldn't remember when was the last time I seen the sun and blue sky. The ride started at 9.45am,still staying close on that scenic Rd 14 on uphill climb,passing thru' towns of Schopfloch and then Rd 28 to a beautiful town of Freudenstadt where I met a younf sweet German lady named Sonja who managed a fruits & vegetables stall.She speaks good English and offered a hot coffee to me and I bought some tomatoes/onions/cucumber.Also 4 German couples in 2 cars had been following me when they saw the Malaysian flag, they speaks some Bahasa " dari mana; apa khabar;terima kasih;berhati-hati " They had been working in Malaysia,Petaling Jaya for 5 years and just came back not long ago. Hope they will tell us more about their stay in Malaysia in my blog. I heard they got married in Malaysia, maybe they should make Malaysia their 2nd home! The uphill climb continued until town of Kniebis and then followed by a great 12% 6 km downhill in the Black Forest to scenic valley towns of Bad Griesbach, Bad Peterstal and Oppenau where I rode into the bike lane and camped next to a jungle trail. Tomorrow, I was told the downhill will continue and then very flat to Strasbourg in France