Thanks so much, Jim!
The hardest part is selecting some fun pictures, I certainly do have the means to bore everybody to death, I took over thousand pics!!
On to Leipzig via Vockerode where we used a so called Draisine. Two people peddle along the track while the other two sit comfy on a bench in-between. We all took turns peddling! Too bad we can't post videos, since it seems the Draisine lent itself to take video clips. Nice countryside!
And you saw Phals everywhere you looked. The climate seems perfect for them, und they were thriving and blooming everywhere in windows.