Today was another hot
day with two very spectacular thunderstorms in the evening.
We left our hotel a
little late, about 9:10am, after a very good breakfast. The walking was partly
open and partly shaded by trees. After a couple of hours we reached the older
bridge over the Elbe at Pirna, the first bridge since Bad Schandau. The terrain
has changed quite a lot, the steep cliffs have gone and the hills are
much lower.
Having crossed the
bridge we headed North bypassing most of the old part of Pirna. Some people we
met told us there was a very good church worth visiting. However we wanted to
get to our hotel before the storms came. We stopped shortly after for a sock change
and ritual "airing of the feet."
Shoon after we crossed
under a second, newer road bridge, we stopped at a cafe to take in fluids. I
had a dark beer, Shiel an orange juice. We arrived at our hotel in Heidenau
slightly before 2:00pm.
For those familiar
with our blog Heidenau seems to be the German equivalent of Steti. However
unlike Steti we were able to get a good meal in our hotel, after the first
thunder storm and before the second.
Heidenau seems much
less wealthy than the Spa towns we have seen so far, probably lacking the
tourist/health spa income. We looked but failed to find the centre. It was very
hot so we didn't try too hard.
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