The sun was shining, birds were chirping and I was feeling overworked.
What better way to feel alive again than to spend time with Peichi, on a casual bike ride with a delicious treat at the end. A pineapple & mascarpone cake from Traunstein in fact.
Kudos to Peichi for riding the 45 kilometers from home to the café essentially straight-through in about 2:20 with a missing front derailleur. Bad to her for calling me a slow poke. 
I like the countryside there. It looks very clean and not littered like ours. The cakes look fantastic. I had a girlfriend from Germany years ago and she baked cakes that looked like a couple of those. They were almost as light as air.
Thank you for the compliments. Friday was a great day for riding, it was beautiful and no bad moments at all to deal with. We prefer Italian cakes, but that’s a very full day ride just to get half-way. So we’re going close for now.