Well, while I was away (5 days) I purchased a bicycle. It is a Schwinn 26" Cruiser. Here is a photo...
I love it. It is an awesome bike. I rode it to my parents house this afternoon, which was only six or seven miles.
I know that everyone is waiting for day five and has been waiting for five days now. I guess it is time to return to the Chronicles of Holland.
Day Five - 23 July 07
On the morning of the 23rd, we visited Gastheer van Volendam for touring and lunch. Afterwards, we jumped back on the bus and traveled to Jacobshoeve to visit a wooden shoe factory and a cheese factory. The wooden shoe tour was neat. The wooden shoes are all made by machine now, but there was a man there who was making one by hand when we came through the shop. He said it takes a whole day just to make one wooden shoe. That is without a special design and without paint. The gift shop at the factory was filled with wooden shoes of all different designs. Here is a picture of one wall...
After that tour we walked about thirty meters to the cheese factory, and learned how to make cheese. In the cheese shop, there were all kinds of samples...all of which I tried...multiple times. The cheese was very good.
From the cheese factory, we left on bikes and took a 10 mile bike tour to and around another small city--the name of which escapes me. That was a lot of fun. Everyone in Holland owns at least one bicycle and uses it daily to travel around the city. The main reason for this is the cost of gas. In Holland it is 1.45 Euro a Liter. This equates to about $7 per gallon. So you can see why they would prefer to travel by bike.
After our tour it was time for practice. We practiced for a good three hours and then the coaches had to go to the Friendship Village for a meeting. Once the meeting had ended, we (the coaches, all eight of us) stood in the rain for half an hour waiting for our bus to come and retrieve us. That was loads of fun.
Finally, after a thorough soaking, we arrived safely to our respective rooms and I finally got some sleep.
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Maybe there will be less of a break between this post and the next than there was last time...we will have to wait and see. It is growing late and I must go to work in the morning. I also have to drive all of the way to Haines City tomorrow for the AD meeting. That should be great...
Anyway, I will be back soon.
Lorimer
1 comment:
awesome bike my firnd.. fantastic :) how you could possibly be thrilled about riding all the way to your parents house in 90 degreeweather on your bike though is absolutely out of my logic capabilities :) day five sounded good :) i laughed.. can't wait to hear about day six :) later
~ Christyne ~
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