shopping adventure

today was the first plain old rainy day since about april i think. despite the rain i got out and did what i was planning on doing today (besides bike).

after another wonderful breakfast of wonder zimties i suited up for the rain and cold, mounted the crap bike, and took of on my shopping adventure. i started at the bike shop that i get 5% off at to see if they had the bike under jersey thingy i was looking for, they did not so i went through downtown, on the way i came across the farmers market. i bought potatoes since they were cheaper there then at the grocery store. then it was to the train stations to check on ticket prices to the tour. to go from the german station in konstanz it was 145€ without bikes (add around another 20 for those), and to go from the swiss station in konstanz (10 meters closer to switzerland) it was 120€ (with bikes). figure that one out??? but that is pretty pricey, and i dont think there are any hotels available. so that is unfourtunatley not looking quite so promising anymore.
after that i took off to switzerland to stop at a bike shop i pass often, but have never gone inside. it was a decent bike shop. they had the article of clothing i was looking for, but i did not buy it yet. i am going to see if i can find it online for cheaper. recently people have been talking about a chocolate factory in kreuzlingen, so after the bike shop i went and found it. unfoutunately i got there at 12:05 and the shop closed at 12 to 13:30 for lunch. so i went back to konstanz, ate a dönner (turkish version of a gyro, i think), then looked at dessert cookbooks in a bookstore. then i was able to go all the way back up the hill (a good 2 km steep on crap bike) to the factory. the factory store was not quite like i thought, i figured it would kinda be like the one at Rocky Mnt. Chocolate in duluth, nope. a big long shelf of big bags (500g) of chocolate, with some single bars at the end, then behind the counter was crates of chocolate. and it was all dirt cheap. for the 500 gram of hazelnut chocolate i got it was 2.50 francs, (1.59€) usually a single bar (100g) is at the least .75 cents. i also got some reg. milk chocolate (1 kilo) for 4.83 €, again usually a bar is .75 or more. then i picked up some regular bars which were about .55 cents each. overall 12.50 francs for 1800 grams of chocolate, thats under 8 €. the cashier also threw in some little chocolate penguins for free. oh, its also good too. usually milcha makes my teeth hurt when i eat it cause of all the sugar, but this stuff is just nice and creamy.

after that i hit up kaufland (the grocery store) for milk and chicken. then home and watched robbie mcewen cream the competion again.
then i found out i might be able to race this weekend. so that would be nice. although i am going to have to get up at 4...

market

no worries i wont eat it all. it does not expire till september so this will be mixed in with the stuff ill get right before i leave.