århus

so... john and i are in århus denmark. this is are second night here. we have been staying with a colegue of his and his husband. they are the greatest couple and have been so much fun! today was so warm and beautiful (we're keeping our fingers crossed for more weather like this). we went to the city center and the beach and tried to drive by the queens house (who smokes 5 packs of cigarretes a day!!) but it was gated off due to a big concert in a nearby park. and tonight two couples came over for dinner and shenanagans. it's been so so fun. tomorrow john and i will be getting on the ferry to the danish island where copenhagen is located, it should take a day and a half to get there, and hopefully we can couch surf while we're there. i also hope john is not too hung over in the morning ;)

how we met Uwe...

so the last time i wrote i was in an internet cafe in germany. it was in that cafe that we me Uwe. Uwe is one of the greatest people we have ever met. he rode us to our campsite that evening (only 20 km or so i think it was). we slept along a river, the following morning as we were packing up ready to bike in to Denmark who do we see riding towards us but Uwe!!! hahah he even brought me flowers. he rode with us all the way into denmark were the three of us had dinner then he took the train (we hope he got on one, it was 11pm)back to germany. he was so interesting, and comical. he also had a serious passion, borderline obsession for albert shweitzer. hahah. it was fabulous. since we left germany the weather has been shizer! (shit). super windy, and ocassional rain. no bueno. we're at this super nice campsite in Ribe denmark. this town dates back to the 8th century. it's known as a historic viking town, its adorable... cobblestone streets and all that goodness. we've made really good friends with the woman running this campsite and she had a journalist come interview us about why we´are visiting this historic town. hahah we just finished our first interview. it's tough being famous in denmark, they're already asking for our autographs! we'll put the link up of the story when it comes out. okie dokie.

sleeping with the sheep

hi friends!! so after we finally left michael ( our extremely hospitable\ talkative\lonely\ interesting host while in glücktadt) it was about 4 in the afternoon when we got on the road. we only rode 40 km by the time it was cold and getting dark. this part of northern germany is very rural...not many big towns\ not many campingplatz (german for campgrounds). town after town we were not having any luck. we decided to climb over the dike and see what the other side was like. it was a perfect camp site!(for those of you that think i'm talking climbing over a lesbian, look us dikes). it was private property and there was no one around except for the sheep on both sides of us, but they were gated in... well not at 7am they're not!!! the sheep were let out to graze the grass we had slept on. when i got out of my tent there were literally a good 400 or so sheep coming right at me. what a way to wake up!!! we've ridden 60km so far, and have another 40 to the town were we are going to sleep. oh and the weather is beautiful today! sunny and warm.

michael!!!

so yesterday was john and my first day of riding together. we rode 70 km along the north sea route and met some fun people. i think americans have this negative stigma about germans... well i love them. they have been soooo kind and helpful! after so many wonderful encounters i said to john i bet by the end of this trip some stranger will just offer to put us up in their place for the night... and low and behold it happend last night. hahah. every time we stop and look around as if we're looking for something, someone offers us a helping hand. last night we stpped in a town that we had been told had camp gound, which we later found out did not. a nice couple was directing us towards the closest campground when their neighbor michael came out and offered to put us up for the night! hahah. he is an amaing man with a lifetime of experience and adventure and has been so generous and hospitable!!!! so many stories already. michael has been feeding us and talking our ears off all morning but we really must get back on our bikes now... north we go.

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so in hamburg germany i noticed there were hapy faces graffitied every where! hahah it made me so happy. i' m going to bring it back to the US and start tagging the streets with happy faces.

hangin the the hamburgers

well i made it into hamburg!!! john and i couch surfed our first two nights with the best host we have ever had (also because this was our first time couch surfing, for all three parties). she is the sweetest and most hospitable thing ever! the first night we arrived she had 12 of her girlfriends over to watch the season finally of germanys next top model hosted bz heidi klum( i had no idea she was german!) the next morning john and i put together my bike only to find out my front tire had not been packed!! (thanks keith) after buying a tire maireka and her sister bied us around hamburg all day! best tour guides ever. it was such a wonderful day. we then went out for a great dinner with two of their cousins a husband and her sisters boyfriend. after dinner, hamburb had their yearly firework show (something to do with a partnership between them and the japaneese). we think mareike planned the fireworks just for us!! then it was off to acouple of bars... hamburg was great! now we're headed north...

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Driving to LAX... Kinda missing justin already? And all my humans too. Wow, It's summer, weird (anna)

well... I'll be leaving for LAX in about 14 hours... i still have so much to do. hahah, procrastination is the pits! But my new ipod is finally all loaded and ready to go (it's been quite a hastle getting my music back after my computer crashed a few months ago. i also have a few audio books on there. i figured, if i'm gonna be on a bike for five hours a day i could "read" a couple of books.

okay well i've gotta finish packing! then maybe get a couple hours of sleep. see you soon John!!!

Hey ya'll. Just enjoying starbucks. Oh how i will miss it So... And the cute man i'm drinking it with.

well my bike has already been taken apart and packed up (my bike boys also wrot "i love germany" all over the box, thinking that will help my american status?) I will be getting on a plane in 5 days to meet john in Hamburg Germany. Everyone keeps asking me if i'm scared... i've been so darn busy with finals and papers (i still have one more paper to write before i go, damn it) i haven't even had a chance to be excited about the trip. although i was watching a cyclist on the road today as he was stopped at a stop light and i thought to myself how unincombered i'll be ridindg on the bike path with not stop lights. we will also have a pretty nice view most places i'm hoping...