Hi there everyone,
it's back to the fatherland!! Two more days, totalling seven altogether, brings us to 711km - that's more than 100km a day! We've slightly surprised ourselves, but the best were probably some interesting experiences on the way:
Coming out of chips-country (Hans' Belgium) we met Glen, a Phlippino, who accompanied us on bike on a rainy road to Maastricht - looking forward to some pics, Glen - we arrived at a small Dutch camping site, and here we go with the stereotypes:
Wanting to wait till Germany to get money out, we were quite poor by the time we reached Holland. After Hans haggeled the price for camping down to 3/4, there were nine caravans and one simple tent - guess who isn't Dutch! :) Next, off to the supermarket with only 11.19 euro left, we somehow randomly managed to buy some groceries totalling exactly 11.19. Totally proud of this, we happily passed over all that we had, only to be told that we were 1 cent short; the Dutch have the nasty habit of rounding up to the nearest 5ct! Luckily a friendly Dutch person in the queue gave us the required funds... :)
After crossing the border to Germany we took a break in Aachen. There we met Hans' friend Jenny from Nottingham (who's working in Aachen) for a nice lunch break in a cafe opposite the Elisenbrunnen.
Lastly we were lucky enough to stumble across an unguarded field full of cherry trees. With tummy-ache and 2 kilos extra luggage we made our way to the camping site.
Now, we're slightly west of Cologne, at a lake where Conny, Stefan and Sandra (the friendly intensive youth group) lend us there laptop from which we are writing this and enjoying a beer with them. Herzlichen Dank!
Two more days to Bastian's home, three to Frankfurt! Off again tomorrow :)
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