Alright back in action. I paid for two more hours so perhaps I can get through everything. Alas, my slow typing. I arrived in Halle on the 20th to find a room that I had booked last October. The room was, as it turned out, down the road to bike destruction. I had a prety good map from mapquest but there were no good roads leading to the small, well village is really to strong a word, group of wealthy peoples' homes in the countryside. The roads were built I gue...

When I left Wolfenbüttel I headed south. I knew that I was going to have to rely upon trains in the coming days. I was in part of Germany where there are fewer bicycle paths and so I've been riding roads. South of Wolfenbüttel was an old cloister, the second that I've seen. This one had been made into a hotel. It was late afternoon and the light was perfect for good pictures. After taking some good shots I moved down the road and soon found a second old cl...

So much has happened. I have been moving so fast that it has been difficult to find the time to write in my journal let alone write on the internet. As I was leaving Hesse I stopped in a small town called Holz Minden to watch the German v. Poland game. It was a small town and there were hundreds of people, more than could ever fit n that town, in the town square. It was packed. There was food and beer and a huge screen to watch the game on. I learned there w...

It's begun raining. There was a fantastic thuderstorm last night at the campground in Hamlin. I also met the nicest two Dutch motorcyclists. I talked to them for a long time about traveling in Europe. I met a lot of nice people in Hamlin. I was really looking forward to Hildesheim and it's a little wierd here. I'm about to go get dinner but so far it's a very busy town that isn't easy to find the center of. It's much cooler now and these cities closer to the Germ...

Well folks I just spent about 40 minutes typing out a very funny and excellent message. Then I clicked send and the page had timed out and the whole thing was lost. It detailed the lest three day's excitement taking me now into Niedersachsen and closing in on Hannover. I'm in Hamlin and it' a nice little town. All is well and I'll try to re-relate those stories later. Stupid technology. Also, I can't upöoad photos from this terminal. So, thanks for reading. Ch...