Sunday August 3, 2008-

Today started out sunny and warm and slowly deteriorated into rain and wind! We planned on going for a bike ride with Marita and Christian in the afternoon. We met up at 2pm and head out only to be hit with a major rainstorm and wind. After facing the wind for a few minutes we turned around and headed back to the house. By the time we got back to the house the rain had subsided. We really wanted to go for a bike ride so we decided to ride to Schierwaldenrath to the Selfkantbahn to get coffee and cake at the restaurant there and then decide if we would go further. We sat outside and watched the Steam train drive by for awhile. The weather had cleared a bit so we decided to ride a little further. We headed over towards Gangelt and the evil hill. There is a hill we go down the is fatal to bikes. The first time we went down it Christians tire popped, then another time the light fell off my bike and then this time Christians chain came off! This hill is just not good for us and bikes! So after sitting on the side of the road for a bit and fixing Christians bike again we headed towards the Netherlands. We rode over to a field were they fly these planes without engines. Seems crazy to me but what do I know. Since the weather was bad there weren’t any planes out flying. There is a cafe were you can sit and watch them take off and land! After we made a stop there we headed back home. Overall I think we rode about 10 kilometers even though it felt like more since we were riding against the wind most of the time. Now we are heading to Heinsberg to find something for dinner! We are thinking either Greek or Italian, then some gelato after.




Back from dinner, it was interesting to say the least. We went over to Heinsberg and decided to eat at a Greek restaurant in the square. We sat outside since the weather was nice. It was lucky that the weather was nice because we ended up waiting over an hour for our food! AND we couldn’t get gyros! The food wasn’t even that good, well I guess the french fries were good and Luke’s hacksteak was good. I ended up eating Lukes food because mine was kind of gross. I was supposed to get steak in a mushroom sauce but it was like steak and mushrooms in some weird red pepper sauce, definitely didn’t go well together! I think the highlight of the meal was this bee that kept flying around our table, it would not go away. Then after we ate we walked down the street to get some eis. The bee followed us! Well after spending way more time at dinner then we had hoped we headed home for the evening and it was too late to go walking. So another restaurant that goes on the “do not eat here” list.

Pictures and posts from the past month still in the works....