Day 374 28th July
Leipzig
Another day off bike.
Awake at 9 after a restless night listening to the radio and Rhod Gilbert podcasts. I booked into the hostel for another night and arranged to use the washing machine. I went to Aldi to buy brekkie of bread and pate and return my empties for refunds. Back at the hostel I made a few calls and lounged around surfing the Internet for flights from Italy. It seems I can pretty much go anywhere in the world I choose if I can bring myself to put the bike on a plane! There are good prices available.
Then after washing everything including my sleeping bag I went to see if my bike would be ready, but it’s now set for 2 pm tomorrow, so I will need to arrange luggage storage at the hostel. On my way back Richard phoned to say we could meet in town. I met him at 4.15 and we had ice cream and went to an art gallery where some great artists were working that he has video recorded.
Then he took me to a tough part of town where he currently lives for a great cheap pizza. We had a really good chat and I walked back to meet Will at the hostel, where we chatted about a wide range of topics over a couple of beers and he invited me to stay in Panama any time. We got on really well and I wished I’d invited him out for a drink, but I’m sure we will catch up again in the future. I’m now back in the Witches Cauldron bar with a bunch of summer students enjoying a beer and their end of term party. I met a woman from Turkanistan or somewhere like that, who is a warmshowers host and the only one in her country. We exchanged stories of warmshowers experiences and she told me of a cyclist who stayed with her for 60 days!! I was welcomed into the party and played darts and the hitting a nail into a log game but I was not very accurate with the hammer by that stage. Then chatted politics with Uwe and exchanged numbers before leaving at 3 am.
Hostel 12.71 €