I’ll preempt the questions by saying no, I didn’t personally get to drive on the Autobahn (I wasn’t on the rental agreement), and no, we didn’t drive as fast as I would have hoped given the lack of a speed limit (but it was entertaining to see others flying by). I also enjoyed all of the wind turbines scattered throughout fields along the highway – Germans are so far ahead of us in generating (and conserving) energy!
We drove across Germany stopping for a short time in Goslar, mainly to take in the charm of an old, traditional German town, eat some lunch, and laugh at the “fat people” statue. Our end goal was Munster, the biking capital of Germany.
We spent the entire next day biking around Munster – one of Aunt Noreen and Uncle Tim’s loves, but not mine. However I was game for an adventure, and so we ventured out of the city to a very pretty schloss (essentially a manor house) surrounded by a moat and weeping willows.
It was while riding through the city’s downtown, however, that I had my first disagreement with my bike. I was happily riding along, taking pictures and dodging pedestrians when I managed to clip a the corner of a bench with my pedal, sending me flying off the side of my bike and onto the road. Luckily, it was almost as amusing then as it is now, mainly because the damage was minimal – minor cuts on my hand, arm, and knee – and we were able to continue on our way after I dug out a few bandaids. The second disagreement came when I slid out while breaking on a gravel trail, but I was quicker to react and jumped off rather than wipe out with my bike.
The photo that led to the wipe-out |
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