Monday, March 1, 2010

I want to ride my bicycle

That's right. I have a bicycle. Today, after a full afternoon of tours through the campus where we've already been studying for 4 weeks, I went with some of my friends to rent bikes. The whole day was spent listening to the history of the campus, hearing why the buildings are called the way they are, listening to welcome information we should've heard 1 month ago, and doing a lot of other silly stuff. After all of that, we decided that we needed bikes. Actually, first, we sat down to have some coffee because the weather was beautiful today. It's been sunny and 50 degrees lately, but I'm afraid the snow is going to come again, soon. So, after coffee, we walked to another part of town where we heard was a legendary/super secret bike shop that rents bikes for only 25 euro. That's pretty cheap for this expensive continent. Turns out, there were only 2 bikes that were that cheap, so only 2 of us got bikes. One of the bikes was too big for the other girl who wanted a bike, so, naturally, I took it with pride. It's a beauty. The gears are a bit dysfunctional, and the colors are awful. There are wheel protectors, a kickstand, headlight and taillight, pump, back wheel rack, and much more. It's fully equipped, and it appears like it's been fully equipped for a number of years now. Maybe something like 20 or 30, but I love it. I can get around so much faster than walking. It's wonderful. I'm off now to go make some dinner with some friends at a dorm on the other side of town. It's only possible because of my new bicycle. I love riding my bicycle, especially in the nice Austrian spring sunshine. This was short, but sweet. Auf wiedersehen!

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