We received some sad news while we were on the road - one of our favorite people in the world - cousin Harry - passed away after a fierce battle with cancer. It's one of the times that it's hard to be away from friends and family, but we're lucky to have so many wonderful memories of Harry (and Charlene), especially when they came to see us last year in Germany. Harry will be terribly missed, but I'm going to do my best to make him proud. As a Spanish teacher, of course Harry was so good with languages. I'm going to do my damndest to become fluent in something other than English. As a matter of fact, Matthias and I are only speaking German to each other. Not that it gives me much practice, as he doesn't speak all that much anyway...
So, we are now in Deggendorf on the Donau (Danube, for those not paying attention.) We've ridden a total of about 1,400 km so far. We've had great luck with weather and our equipment seems to be holding up pretty well. We've met some other cyclists (three from Canada!) and enjoyed comparing stories. We're about 100 km from the Austrian border, but the World cup is screwing up our plans. It's so fun to watch the German team play here - every game is like the superbowl, and there are huge celebrations after each win. We did make it to Regensburg for the last match and had a blast. So, we're going to stay in Passau (near the Austrian border) an extra day to watch Germany play Spain. We've been planning to ride along the Donau to Budapest, where we want to celebrate Matthias' birthday. But if Germany wins, we might have to change our plans and hang around in Bavaria for a few more days. We'll see.
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