Hotel Heide Residenz Paderborn

... long-distance cyclist cycling from forest to forest hoping for an undisturbed sleeping spot free of charge and hopefully free of irriating animal life, no predetermined route nor a fat creditcard to help me out of my bad financial situation...

I`m being driven by my own inpulses and Nong`s voice inside my Western mind which by now has taken over the nature of this trip - instead of my free life on the bike and no plans to never return to my native Amsterdam, let my ...

... setting up the tent over the weekend, but didn't get the time. So now we just have to hope we can figure it out when we get to Calais.

... able to remain that way, but oh well, I tried. I had nested 2 suitcases into larger ones on the trip over, and only packed the inner suitcase, which meant that I had 2 large suitcases at my disposal. Good thing! So, after packing, Rita and I joined Ken and the kids and we went for a walk around the neighbourhood and up to the city's water resevoir. I think the kids were quite ready to go home and the lack of Cheerios was evident in their demeanor. The walk was ...

... listed in the entry requirements.
We have to get all the right maps, so D will be off doing that this week too.
I already have 2 sponsors in the US, and hopefully, there will be a few in the UK. E-mails to my non-work contacts are in order, I think.

1 Jahr Südamerika, jetzt ist es fast soweit. Nur noch 3 wochen bis zum Start.
Das meiste, bis auf ein paar Kleinigkeiten, ist erledigt. Die letzten 3 Tage habe ich mir ne Homepage zusammengebastelt(www.halfcap.de), ich kann nicht glauben das es Menschen gibt, die das zu ihrem Beruf machen. Auf meiner Homepage findet Ihr einen Link zu diesem Blog, ein Fotoalbum und Gästebuch.
Also, 1 Jahr Südamerika wartet auf mich ...

Day 21: Travelled to cologne where the Sturmats were at the train station to meet me. Abit of background.. me and larry met them on the ferry coming over from england and they invited me to stay for a couple of nights. There hospitality was amazing... After walking around Cologne for abit we drove to Wuppertal where the girl Antje will be going ...

... beer and wine, beautiful architecture, kind people (except for the old hag waitress in Munich) and of course history!! Is there a job where I can travel wherever I want and get paid for it? Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!

... the Rathaus again, and started to go in and out of some shops. I bought a shirt at Jack and John's, thereby perfecting my "Euro Look". We went to a cafe for some coffee and an ENORMOUS piece of cake. We each got one - my favorite was the Schwarzwelderkirsch (Black Forest Cherry Cake) but the other cake with raspberries was good as well. You can tell which one I liked the best because I remember ...

... for supper at Cafe Klatsch because the suppers were 2 for 1 and the for some 1 euro ice cream!! Man, was it ever good!! Well another week is done, and we just finished booking out plane tickets for ROME in two weeks!! WOOHOO!!! I think my weekends in Paderborn are pretty much over and our travelling around Europe has begun!! This weekend...Hannover with Anne and Cate!! Until next week surely with more great stories!! Hope all is going well with you guys!! Nat xo

... place of worship - a unique cultural monument transformed by man. In 1836 an artificial pond was created to act as a mirror which creates beautiful reflections of the rocks. There are signs that pre Christian humankind had markers there and post Christian times there is a chapel, carving on the exterior wall, what looks like a tomb, etc which may date from the 12th century (documents show that noble landowners in 1903 sold the land to the Cloister of Abdinghof in ...