Fat Tire Bike Tour

Hello again,

Well, I decided to take advantage of my day off today and sign up for a bike tour of Berlin. I am so glad I did. I met some really fun people, figured out some history behind many of the places I see around me, discovered some new places to check out and was able to speak English all day. It was more than enjoyable.

I arrived at the Tour place about 10 minutes before the tour was about to leave (remember the scary transit pass incident?) The tour began with a brief little name game and then we got to choose our bike for the day. I chose the prettiest blue bike with white flowers all over it. I called her "Suzy" and she was a dream cruiser, she even had a bell! I was however, riding the same size bicycle as the 10 year old girl on the tour...I'm okay with that though. We set off and saw many things I have already seen but I really appreciated the tour guides explanations of the sights. I met some new friends who were ever so hilarious and kept me laughing the whole time. 4 guys, one from Adelaide, one from Vancouver and an Opera singer from Texas who was working in Germany at an Opera house here and his partner who is a costumer for the opera and was also from Texas and was just here visiting for 6 weeks. It was great to remember how I am not really all that shy and that I am extremely sociable because when you go for a month without talking to many people those are things you can forget. We stopped at a wonderful beer garden for lunch and beer and I had a new beer. It is my new favourite. It is called Erdinger Dunkel. It is a dark beer and it is ever-so-delicious. I do not believe everyone was as sober as I was on our bike ride after the beer garden but, Amy, you will be happy to know I did not ride and drink. The tour was supposed to last 3 1/2 hours but it actually lasted 5 hours but I didn't mind at all. I had a great time and actually have pictures of myself from this trip! Difficult to do when you're sightseeing on your own. Yay!

Tonight, M and Y went out for a little date night and I spent the evening with the two little lasses. Tomorrow, I think the girls and I are going to check out the aquarium. Should be fun.

On another happy note, April got word on Monday that she will be coming to Berlin early. She'll be arriving next Wednesday morning at 8am. She'll need to work on her school stuff while she is here before we leave for Italy but I also need to work during the day so, it should work out well. When we are not working it will be great to take in the sights together. I am sooooo excited!!!!!!!

Love to you all,
Jenn(ifer)