Bremen, Germany to Hamburg, Germany
Some days things just work out.
Shorter route yesterday, so I googled Bremen to see if there was anything worth seeing. Turns out Mercedes had one of their big car plants there, but there didn't appear to be any factory tours. Oh well. I set out on my day and thought I'd just ride past to see how big the place was. Came across the factory reception and thought no harm in asking, and it turned out there was a free two-hour tour 10 minutes later!
Only trouble was it was all in German! I can't quite describe how big and impressive this plant was though. It had it's own road and bus network, a test track which every new car goes round, many huge assembly halls and more robots than you could ever count, picking up and welding parts. Photography was banned, but I couldn't help myself and assumed the role of corporate spy, using my little GoPro camera in the palm of my hand (and didn't get caught).
This however left me short on time for cycling, so had to bomb it to Hamburg to get to the hostel in time. Same scenery as the day before really, very pleasant and flat, ended up doing 81m. Also cycled past the Airbus plane factory, and the Becks brewery; the things that excite me eh!
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