day 14

i saw george hincapie, his bike, levi liephiemer, his bike, a panoramic view of schwabisch hall that i need a wide angle lense to do properly and the tour de france devil guy

day 14 august 11th

today i went to bretten to see the team time trial in the deutschland tour. i started off the day making pancakes. this time i used olive oil as a lubricant and heatted the pan to leave 4. the pancakes were not terrible they were actually some what bearable. felling good about my day (taking the pancakes as a good omen) i walked to the markt to buy some bannannas but they were all really expensive 3 euros for a bunch so i went with out them. i walked home and thought maybe i should leave early to explore the town of bretten before the race. so i unlocked my bike to find that my rear tire was entirly flat. so i sat and thought for about 5 minutes i came to two conclusions 1. the bike store is probably not open yet and probably open after i want to leave. 2. it is probably a slow leak since i didn't notice it before. so my first course of action was to walk to the bike shop to see when they opened 9:00 so i walked back to the dorm to get my bike to take to the gas station to fill the tire and see if the tire would last the day. it was a slow leak but it would barley last an hour. however i rode it to the trainstation any way it became apparent that the tire wouldn't last the day so i locked it up at the trainstation intending to walk it back to the dorm after the race. i checked the earliest time i could leave (having bought a flexy time ticket yesterday) 9:03. so i could get the tire fixed and then bend time so i could get on the train. or i could walk the bike back to the dorm and leave it there and just walk all day. i walked to the trainstation and got on the train. i waited for some one to ask for my ticket but nobody asked. so i went to the heilbronn trainstation and tranfered to the s-bahn to go to bretten i think i was supose to check my own ticket but nobody asked so i didn't. i thought the race was at bretten trainstation but luckily i looked out the window and saw the gerolstiener RV at the stop before the train station so i got off. i walked around looking at the different teams RV's and stuff and walked around the start and fininsh areas. i was at the discovery RV just intime to the the team arrive i took pictures and videos i saw levi leiphiemer in person (he is short). i then walked to th start area and watched the amatuers start then watched the profesionals start. i saw the tour de france devil. then i watched most of the teams finish CSC was winning before i left. and i went to th trainstation to check is i could leave latter but the S-bahn doesn't post scheduals so there was no way to know. so i watched the final teams come in and then waited for the train i got on an earlyier train and i only went half way so i had to wait for the later train to catch up and also the latter train was delayed 15 minutes so when i arrived in the trainstation i had to run to catch the train back to schwabisch hall. then i listened to music on the way back i saw a castle on top of a very steep hill on the train but there were trees so i couldn't get a photo. then i got back and walked back to the dorm and made dinner. i ate out on the scafolding outside the kitchen and watched the sun set.

today i learned that there is a hardware store here so i can get oil for my chain and i found a senic veiw that would look great but i would need a wide angle lens to make it work. also i had lunch i payed 3.20 euros for fries and a coke (becuase i had only the rolls which gave the the hick ups and the bottled watter i had bought at the gas station a while ago was Co2 water which tasted nasty. (also fries and coke here taste less good than in america) also i bought a 5 euro hat and shirt combo. my feet hurt and im sore all over but today was a good day. i think i was better off not having the bike today.

any way i'll post asmany photos as i can and maybe a video or two.