Meppen, Germany to Bremen, Germany
'You wants to take ze photo os my dress?!' says the receptionist this morning, looking a bit embarrassed. 'No!' I said laughing, 'I want to take a photo of that address'. Hah! Another conversation lost in translation.
I've been cross country today, going through lots of small red brick villages, passing various crops, dairy/pig/chicken farms and windmills. All the farms look very modern and impressive, but most impressive are the solar panels, which are on pretty much every farm and industrial building you see (and therefore not wasting good farmland).
Sounds odd maybe, but to me Germany seems the most like England of the countries I've been through, both in terms of scenery and just generally how things look and work. Though they work better here of course.
The German efficiency mindset must have really gotten into my brain today, and allowed me to service the bike, cycle 87 miles with no problems at all, eat a decent lunch and finish the day by 6pm. Amazing, considering I normally end up finishing between 8 and 9pm.
But bigger that that - today was a major milestone - I passed the 1,000 mile mark this afternoon! A great feeling, but some way to go yet.
3 comments:
Hey Steve, sounds like an amazing adventure so far! loved reading about the experiences. Keep it up and you will get there dreckly.
Hey Steve fantastic read so far, sounds like one fab adventure, im well jealous, you should think about writing a book about travel on 2 wheels. Keep it up mate we are all keeping tabs on you.Everyone says hi.
Enjoy the journey.
Miki@dura
Cheers Amy!
Thanks Miki, it's been one hell of a trip, mostly in a good way! Hi to everyone at Dura, hope all's well
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