That means George and I get to have a lie in as lunch will be served on the ship. And we did just that. As long as I had the morning off, I also did some studying for my Patente. At 11:45 we dutifully went down to lunch. I remember a salad. Oh yes, blue cheese sauce spaghetti (it was delicious hot, but terrible cold). and George had a burger. The waiter brought our meals while I still had the soup course that's why I know about the sauce.
Of course we did observe a few of the sights as we traveled down river. 
Big floppy hat to the rescue from the hot sun!
After lunch we took off again. We stopped in Plittersdorf Germany long enough to unload bicycles and riders. Once more we were joined by George's new friends from Ohio. We started out riding along the German side and came to a ferry crossing. What luck! The ferry was docked on our side. How unfortunate though that it decided not to run on this day. German side it is! 
We all took off down the path only to discover that our path ahead was still flooded. We all did a giant U-turn and headed down a different road. Oskar had us all wait around 15 minutes though because there was such a large group of bikers he felt it dangerous. As it turned out, there was an accident ahead. One of the ladies fainted and required medical attention. When we came to the area they were in, there were around 30 bikers all bunched up waiting. Oskar did the sensible thing and traveled through them and carried on.
We came to yet another ferry crossing and this time hopped on quickly before they could change their minds. 
Along the path we saw much beauty. The way we were to take in Germany was rough going. We had to have great concentration to just stay upright as the path was so narrow. Add to that the grass cutting and my allergies starting to cause a drippy nose and a slight headache, and I had had enough. Oskar did right by changing sides. The French side was more wild with tall grass and beautiful paths. On the ship they told us we would find biergartens and WC's in Germany, on the French side we would see nature and use her toilet.
Because of all the flooding, our rout that was to be 39 kilometers turned into more like 49. Thankfully Oskar had a map and is an excellent guide. We stopped for a coffee and cookie next to a church for a short break and to check emails. Good news! The tiles have been delivered for the kitchen. 
We carried on until we hit Gambsheim where we once again returned to our ship. George and I opted out of afternoon tea (not that we took much of it on this cruise). Instead we went to the room for a bit of a nap before dinner. My sinus' by this time were killing me and I was ready to call it a day.
We both went down to dinner, but George was feeling so bad, and the service was incredibly slow. they served and cleared all but 3 tables and were bringing out the dessert before we were finished with our main course. It was a shame because this was the captain's farewell dinner and was the best meal we've had on the cruise. 
Dessert was Baked Alaska, and had I not felt so poorly, I would have had some. It's been a long time. I followed George to bed and called it a day.
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