Day 1 Karlsruhe - near Forbach 80 km

And unbelievable 2009 meters of altitude. Why not more kilometers? Well this morning at six the alarm clock rang and I took the liberty to turn it off, later there is also a train. Did, so I was around noon in Karlsruhe. Out of the ugly hole (Stuttgart rulez) and it went right up and down and up again, yes. Since my time is limited, this time mountains, and that cycling is a completely different than along canals. The sun burns your face, the sweat runs in streams down the body and your thighs pinch with every turn. Oh, that feels good. The Black Forest is beautiful and the routes today, for the most part a dream. At some point I stood at a point I knew, from back in 2012 when I made the legendary ride with Willi over the Westweg. Exactly the Willi, he has pulled through at that time, to descend and push up every small hill. So much slower he was not at all, rarely had to wait longer than an hour up or two. This time, dear Willi, I have unpacked my very good geography knowledge and have taken over the route planning itself. And lo and behold, I'm instead of the heavily traveled road simply the Eyach and Rotbachtal along and was a-two hours later up at the Wildseemoor and near Hohlohturm, which I have omitted this time. Then directly on the road closed to car traffic downhill to Weissach. 12 km a road just for me, no one pushing from behind and must necessarily overtake, in a curve with oncoming traffic. No, not this time! Okay the gravel road through the construction site was also there, no matter, I know worse dirt roads. Then down, towards Forbach, I have unfortunately lost the bike path and landed on the busy road. Och kids, honking is coercion and no I do not drive in the ditch, you can brake. There have been a few middle fingers exchanged today. Still I find it unbelievable, there sit guys and just have to get off the gas pedal and feel in their what? Driving pleasure restricted? I really don't understand that. Especially since one stands a few hundred meters again at the same traffic light. And I see already his ugly face in the mirror and the fear sweat as I roll at the traffic light (StVO 5 ABS 8 I may that) again past them, me directly before them sat, roadway centered. Someday this will be on my tombstone, never mind. The killing of a cyclist is yes with approx 150 daily rate again compensated one must feel sorry in court only long enough itself. That's the way it is, some people need their car to live, others only need their life. Okay what else was there? I was surprised to see so many cyclists on the road, unfortunately mostly e-bikers, not only by the battery to recognize but also by the belly they squeeze into their jerseys. I have questions... but oh everyone as he thinks. Just a suggestion, if you can no longer get somewhere with your own muscle power, then maybe you have nothing lost there? Tomorrow I will first get no breakfast, the next bakery on my route is 30 km away. But tomorrow will be nice! Not the Schwarzenbachtalsperre, I already know, but for Bundesstraße 500, the panoramic road, which is really beautiful, would be less traffic on it on the road. In the 3 pm I still have a job interview , so not me, but I sit with on the other side, if I have Internet, that is here, in Germany, such a thing and in this sense....