2 "counties" 24 cities

this morning i woke up feeling pretty strong, so i said what the heck ill go for a long bike. i looked at a "map" of the area that i have and saw a palace that looked nice, then i saw a hill, but i figured that i can bike up hills at home, but not see castles. however my desire to fight gravity got the better of me and i decided to do both. since paul was not riding today i had to make my own route..
I started by eating about a 1/4 loaf of bread. and 2 waterbottles and some ceral. good breakfast...then took to the road. i first went to the castle or palace, whatever it was. i thought it was going to be a good hour and a half away, but it was only i think 20 km. mostly flat. except 3 km uphill to the Schloß. it was a nice little city around it. around the Schloß looked really old the streets were tiny and it was quite nice. i went down a road by the castle to look for a better view but only found a really really old rock wall (perhaps medieviel) to pee on. that was fun.
then i took some pictures.

near the castle

i asked a lady to take a picture.

after i visited that for a bit i took off over some fairly flat land. only a few hundered meters of up and down here and there. then eventually i made it into the hilly area. which was what most of my ride was in. they were only "rolling" hills, but rolling hills in this area consist of going up (or down) for 2,3, or 4 km at a time. then doing the opposite. not short hills like home and school. also ever since i left the castle i had a headwind of id say around 15 km/h. so up and down i went. with a little bit of flat inbetween. so for the next 40 or 45 km i had a nice headwind....i tried to take a picture but it did not turn out.
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as i was cruising down one of these hills a tractor caught up to me and i could not pass up the oppurtunity. so i got behind him and for the next 10 or 15 minutes, 5 min down, 10 upish. i drafted him at 45 km/h. i followed blindly cause it was just so fun. then he turned and i just happen to be in the right city..lucky me. after awhile and some more wind and hills i got to my next city and going up the hill out of that one i got another tractor! wahoo. this time i was really lucky cause it was up in the windmill fields with an extra strong headwind. so i sat behind him up the hill then passed him on the small down hill.

tractor no. 2

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i was now in some forest area so the wind was not to bad, but i had to go up quite a bit. so it took awhile. about an hour later i got to a main point where i thought the road to my final destination was. it actually was the right road, but the map lied and told me there was a city there when there was not...anyhow. after going down a long hill to where i thought i should be i came across a busy road. the signs said go this way. but i dont think they were for bikes. after about a minute on the road i decided i was not supposed to be on it (4 lanes, gaurdrails, etc..) so i quick turned around and went back up the (6 km) hill i just came down. by this time. my breakfast and one granola bar and first bottle of water had worn off so i was pretty tired. but i got to the top. ate my second bar and finished my second bottle. luckily on the way down i found a well with free water! that a bunch of people were filling up jugs at. why i dont know. it was not that good of water...the water gave me energy and finally, frozen, and with a tail wind i cruised back down at about 40 km/h most of the way to Paderborn. so that was my adventure through 2 counties and around 24 cities. surprisingly my legs still feel great. definitley not like they do after a long ride. maybe i am getting stronger!

my route (i think)
4hours 46 min. 118.3 km

i talked to the french kid across from me about dinner tonight. he said ok so i made tacos..was pretty good. but i ate to many...my stomach hurts now.