That Familiar Burn: my shadow and i

this morning brough another cloudy paderborn day. class went along as normal. lunch was a bit small. then i had to sit around and wait for a recipie for fake maple syrup from dad, which i did not get to use because i cant find molases(sp) and vanialla costs about 4 E for a tiny tiny bottle. dont think its worth it...so dad, or ingrid, or anyone else who comes. bring some syrup please.
today the waiting paid off though. very nicely. i called paul to see if he was riding, but he has been very busy lightly with what i think is his thesis. so no time for biking. as i walked out of the building i realized the clouds had left and the sun was shining nice and (almost) warm. so i got my bike and took off. a few minutes out of town i got to warm, finally, and took off my hat. wahooo! and i did a new route which is now my favorite. it goes up a really nice 2ish km hill that has switchbacks and such. very nice. and goes through some nice small towns up to the highlands. pretty much half up hill and half down. it was very nice. i went a bit harder than i have been going these past few days (135 avg hr, by the way max is 197). i did that mostly on the uphills just because i felt good. got to the high point and came back down. the sun was shining and lighting up my bike real nice, but i missed the best angle and the picture did not turn out. so...

my riding buddy...

eventually after a long into the wind section i got back to paderborn and my room happy with very decent ride. (1 hr 38min, 54.something km) it is definatley my favorite route in the area. it would be a perfect route to have the school group with, good climbing for those of us who like it, good sprinting, the whole works. would be a great time. the only problem is since there are so many little towns we would always be sprinting. hahaha.
sat around until 7 when the french kid across the hall from me and i went down the the grocery store to get what started out as pancake supplies, but ended up being brats and french fries, i cooked them up and a kid from poland came and joined us. however meal time was delayed because the french kid shut his keys in his room and could not get in (doors here are not openable from the outside without a key) to get the corkscrew for the wine the polish kid brough. so of course they put dinner on hold (i was fine with my milk, but they insisted! i did not mind waiting either though). they went to find someone with a key, but while they were gone i managed to pick the lock with a credit card and saved the day, for there was noone with a key. eventually they got back followed by another french kid, an american, and his girlfriend which is visiting. so we sat around for about 45 minutes talking and the 3 of us who started dinner eating and drinking the wine (which was very good by the way), and putting a dent in the piles of Reeses mom sent. then i said i had to go check the internet and everyone said ohh what a good idea, but they have not showed up yet...
thats my day!