Good to get back on the bike again. Made a halfhearted effort to keep my feet dry with plastic bags but they failed miserably. Soggy feet after an hour. Had a few false starts getting out of Worb but the roads were generally quiet and not too much in the way of hills!
At 1, find myself shivering in a bus stop and it is so cold I can see my breath. I have a tuna baguette lunch followed by a delicious ovaltine chocolate bar. Change of shirts gets me warmer and I emerge from the bus shelter to find the rain has stopped but I've lost my breaks. I Fred Flinstone down some of the hills.
Outside Basel, I try the McDo's for wifi but no luck! I incur another 60 cent text charge which I am sure to hear about from home. But good news is that the sun comes out! I dry my shirt and have a good ride into Basel, only getting tricked by what looks like a bike path but is a industrial driveway that is barred 2 kms down the road. Nice bike paths into the city. I see a barge with its rear almost under water and I think it's in trouble but its just loaded down with ballast to clear the bridges.
I am passed by a cyclist and I catch up to her and ask her where a Starbucks is. She protests that I want to go there and I bactrack and say it is easy to use and works. She forgives me and offers to take me saying that I will have to trust her. I learn her name is Tina. To her word, she takes to the Starbucks but declines a coffee saying she has a meeting. She does submit to a picture though. I might have to put her in the Hall. There's a few candidates actually.
I check my mail but no message from the guy I might be staying with. Talked to his girlfriend but that's it. Got a phone number though. He's 37 kms away and the clouds are moving in again. Sure would be nice to be inside. We'll see how it works out I guess. Happy to be going back to France and a cheaper lifestyle! :)
At 1, find myself shivering in a bus stop and it is so cold I can see my breath. I have a tuna baguette lunch followed by a delicious ovaltine chocolate bar. Change of shirts gets me warmer and I emerge from the bus shelter to find the rain has stopped but I've lost my breaks. I Fred Flinstone down some of the hills.
Outside Basel, I try the McDo's for wifi but no luck! I incur another 60 cent text charge which I am sure to hear about from home. But good news is that the sun comes out! I dry my shirt and have a good ride into Basel, only getting tricked by what looks like a bike path but is a industrial driveway that is barred 2 kms down the road. Nice bike paths into the city. I see a barge with its rear almost under water and I think it's in trouble but its just loaded down with ballast to clear the bridges.
I am passed by a cyclist and I catch up to her and ask her where a Starbucks is. She protests that I want to go there and I bactrack and say it is easy to use and works. She forgives me and offers to take me saying that I will have to trust her. I learn her name is Tina. To her word, she takes to the Starbucks but declines a coffee saying she has a meeting. She does submit to a picture though. I might have to put her in the Hall. There's a few candidates actually.
I check my mail but no message from the guy I might be staying with. Talked to his girlfriend but that's it. Got a phone number though. He's 37 kms away and the clouds are moving in again. Sure would be nice to be inside. We'll see how it works out I guess. Happy to be going back to France and a cheaper lifestyle! :)