Ramada Hotel Magdeburg

Riding 385 miles on motorways from Rotterdam to Magdeburg on the first day is a sure recipe for one thing. Numb bum. I've always though that no matter what you do about your saddle it's always your backside that has to acclimatise itself to the saddle, not the other way around. It also doesn't feel much like an adventure. But as the plan is to get to Central Asia as quickly as possible, needs must. I had lots of ...

Jay was a guy from Chicago who wanted to take a trip through Europe by bike. He would be my first couchsurfer, so I said yes when he ask me if he could stay for a day at my place in Tangerhütte (even though not many foreign people come to visit Tangerhütte).

He wanted to come one day before I left for Spain, so I packed all my stuff a few days before. I was thinking what to do at night, because there was not much to do in my town. I found something ...

... Diamanten Strewn across a blue blanket .........................Die über eine blaue Decke verstreut sind I lean against the wind ...................................Ich lehne gegen den Wind Pretend that I am weightless ..........................Täusche vor, schwerelos zu sein And in this moment I am happy!".....................Und in diesem Moment bin ich glücklich!

... Delhi is a very traditional and conservative district... Whoo hoo. I was extremely thankful for the tips and experiences she shared with me. Also, she said that I probably wont need the mosquito tunnel since we will only be in the North of India. Anja, from whom I got the net, travelled to South so I guess that's a different thing. In the end, what does that mean for the kids over there?? More room for pencils and books ;o)

... backpack (which just returned from Norway) from Anja yesterday (a different Anja, who works at the Café). ... A very exciting moment I found. She travelled through South India with her friend some years ago. She also gave me her mosquito tunnel kinda thing in which I am supposed to sleep in. A very scary moment though (not only because she handed it to me in a dark, spine chilling basement). Those ...

Packing our stuff and trying to put it into the car we realized, that the car is too small... or do we want to carry to much stuff with us????Could be, but Alex would say that the only person with too much baggage is me. Perhaps he`s right but who knows about the weather the next time? To be prepared for every case I feel confident. Anyway, the car was cramed from the top to the bottom. We left Magdeburg in a very good mood in the afternoon, looking forward to have a great trip.

... Eltern und mein Schwesterherz wegen der starken Nerven :-) ***************************** Yippy today is departure day. My backpack is already packed ... okay the usual 95% ;-) And of course there are too much clothes *hehe* Thanks god the train drivers stopped the strike for today (?). So just 8 hours to leave for Berlin Tegel. Cape Town - I'm coming and I'm looking forward to my first jump into the the Atlantic Ocean in this year :-))))

Nur noch 2,5 Wochen bis zum Abflug nach Südafrika -:-) Und ich versuche mal ganz "in" zu sein und eröffne den 2.000.009ten Travelogue im www. Dieser Trip zur südlichen Erdkugel soll dokumentiert werden - damit die Daheimgebliebenen sich mitfreuen können ;-)

... a walk. I showed her around the town I grew
up. The last destination on my tour was the park. Actually that was the best
place to visit in my town. She liked it a lot. We walked along the pond and the
two pavilions (one of these won the first price at the world exposition in
Paris a long time ago). We came across the old castle and the mausoleum and
made a short stop at the artificial waterfall. Ju Yeong made a lot of pictures
and could stop ...

... is definitely going on the list of "Jason's funniest mistakes in German." Also in the category of ordering mistakes was when I asked a waitress, "Kann ich bitte bestehen?" instead of "Kann ich bitte bestellen?" So instead of "Can I please order?" I asked, "Can I please exist?" Now onto the art. After viewing the small permanent collection of contemporary art on the ground floor, we descended deep into a crypt to view the sculpture collection. Here, one really has the sense of ...