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Day 13 – Sun 22 Jun 14, Konstanz (Germany) to Schaffhausen (Switzerland)

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Forecast: 11-27 deg C; Listed Distance: 50km; Actual distance: 53km; Cumulative distance: 415km; Konstanz am: 15 deg C; Schaffhausen: 24 deg C; Wind: NE 5-7 km/h; Av speed: 16.4 km/h; Ride time: 3h02m After waking we packed up and headed up the road to Maccas for breakfast, and had to wait about 15 min for it to open at 8am. We had bacon and eggs and a coffee each and were on the bikes and on the road by 8:45am.  As it was only a short ride today, the late start was not a problem.  After only 2km we were back into Switzerland and onto another great Swiss bike path. The scenery on the ride today was wonderful, the best thus far. It started with perfectly maintained market gardens, then progressed through orchards and farmlands of all type and sizes, even an Asian buffalo farm. We saw a lot of grain (wheat & barley mainly) fields which had bumper crops nearly ready for harvest.   We also rode through some quaint Swiss towns. One in particular Stein am Rhein is a big...