The Pope's Cycle Route

The Germans were over the moon when Cardinal Ratzinger was elected as Pope Benedict. The "Bild Zeitung" the biggest German tabloid had a headline: "Wir sind Papst (We are Pope)". The Pope comes from a small town east of Munich. Of all the German provinces Bavaria is the one that is making the most efforts to increase its already extensive cycleway network, so it is not surprising that a group of local authorities east of Munich have joined together to set up a circular 224 km cycle route connecting the Pope's birthplace with various towns and villages with connections to Pope Benedict and previous Popes. Check out the route and more information than most of us would want on http://www.benediktweg.info/english/einfuehrung.htm. Obviously for devoted Roman Catholics it would be one of the holidays of a lifetime, but even non followers of Pope Benedict can find much of interest: the views into the Alps, Lake Chiemsee.