I went back and filled in the earlier days - so check them out, too!
We took the train today to Bremerhaven in Germany to visit our friend Hella. We decided not to take our bikes because the station in leer, where we need to change trains, has no elevators and carrying bikes and bags up and down stairs with 5 minutes between trains seems like a bad idea. So we left our bikes in a special bike garage where, for a euro a day, the bike will supposedly be safe from thieves.
The train ride went fine. It turned out that in Leer, the two trains were on opposite sides of the same platform, so we could have taken the bikes. Oh well.
We had a low key time hanging out with Hella - she's 77 years old, has had 2 strokes, and is not up for a lot of traipsing around. She lives in an apartment in a building that has something of a community, so we also have met some of the neighbors. I am enjoying the opportunity to speak German with the folks here.
We took the train today to Bremerhaven in Germany to visit our friend Hella. We decided not to take our bikes because the station in leer, where we need to change trains, has no elevators and carrying bikes and bags up and down stairs with 5 minutes between trains seems like a bad idea. So we left our bikes in a special bike garage where, for a euro a day, the bike will supposedly be safe from thieves.
The train ride went fine. It turned out that in Leer, the two trains were on opposite sides of the same platform, so we could have taken the bikes. Oh well.
We had a low key time hanging out with Hella - she's 77 years old, has had 2 strokes, and is not up for a lot of traipsing around. She lives in an apartment in a building that has something of a community, so we also have met some of the neighbors. I am enjoying the opportunity to speak German with the folks here.
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