Manheim ...33 klms

Very easy ride & very hot. We really do have a heat curse following us. Today it was predicted to be the hottest day in recorded history for Germany. I don't know if it was achieved, but it must have been close. This afternoon in Mannheim the official temperature was still 38.4 degrees at 5 pm.
Yesterday in Heidelberg we were told it is the hottest town in Germany because of the surrounding hills. This afternoon I found a website showing the 20 hottest towns in Germany at hourly intervals, while sitting in our Mannheim hotel room,
where just by good luck, the air conditioning is not working. The hottest in Germany of course was Mannheim & Heidelberg did not even make the top 20 list. Just for good measure tomorrow is predicted to be 4 degrees hotter.
Todays photos are fairly boring.

 

Heading out again from Heidelberg for Manheim on a very hot day.

 

 

An old water tower in Ladenburg at morning tea time.

 

 

Town gate at Ladenburg.

 

 

This is kind of different, new & old collide, new homes built right into the old medieval city wall.

 

 

Another example of new meets old.

 

 

Pretty little creek just outside Mannheim.

 

 

These are electric horses that the kids hire & ride around the shopping centre.

The legs backward & forward, while the wheels have a one way ratchet.

I have included a short video of this below.

Short video of electric horses.

 

 

Cycling into Mannheim, tramway on our left, river on our right.

 

This is about a quarter of the enormous Schloss at Mannheim.