On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine).
2000 km to help the people who were forgotten after the largest nuclear disaster of all time


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Mountain Bike Trip Map: July 10, 2006
Day 5-Germany, Neresheim-Nurnberg

Welcome to our cross Europe Mountain bike trip map section that outlines our route to raise awareness for the survivors of the Chernobyl accident that took place 20 years ago this year. Feel free to browse our the map below or to use the menu above to find other days of our 2000 km mountain bike trip. The map of this day 5 will start in Neresheim Germany and end in Nurnberg Germany.

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Departure
Neresheim
Destination
Nurnberg
Date:
06/07/2006
Distance:
102 km
Time:
06 h 10
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Daily Log for July 10, 2006

Day Number: 5 Average Speed: 23 km/h
Date: 10.07.2006 Total Time: -- h
Start: Neresheim Altitude acc: 630 m
End: Nuremberg Temperature: 35° C
Total Km: 123 km; 4000 Calories Conditions: Sunny, hot then rain
Log Entry for Christian:

Not much really to report today but I got lost again in the forest. You would think that with a map and a GPS I wouldn’t get lost so often but truthfully Emmanuelle is usually the navigator and I just follow blindly and we usually get there.

Anyway my trail ended in Nuremberg which is quite a pretty town but we did manage to get out and do some campaigning around town. I met Emmanuelle at the hotel which she found close to the center of town and then we handed out flyers and information about our trip. I was so exhausted by the trip I could barley stand up so I let Emmanuelle do most of the talking.

One thing that she failed to mention to me was that she could speak German. This comes in really handy now that we are in Germany. It seems that the subject just never came up in the last ten years together. Or maybe it was a closely guarded secret that she was ashamed of.

Anyway my muscles are fatigued so I have decided to take a long break until tomorrow at 6 am.
Log Entry for Emmanuelle:

Since I arrive in Nuremberg before Chris, I have time to look for a hotel. It was no problem to find a cozy gasthof in one of the popular streets. Everyone in the place was dressed in local Bavarian clothes from head to toe. It was just perfect except that there were too many stairs to get to our room. Chris is going to kill me!

We went for a bike tour around the lake. It was nice to ride side by side. Nuremberg is a nice city, nice people too.





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On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine)
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