One Flat, Two Friends and a Rockin' Go Cup

After about 10 minutes of riding this morning, I noticed Lucas' back tire was close to flat. We pulled over in a little garden area and were met within seconds by a typicaly Bavarian Man who seemed to have some 6th sense that we might need something. We asked for a pump which he had in his garage that was about 20 feet from where we stopped. As the photo shows, he proudly sported a wool cap. His wife came out and offerred us some home made Linden tea, which was sweet and delicious. Lucas glulped down a glass full much to her delight. I asked if we could take a picture and the man said he'd be right back, that he needed to get another hat. This one was adorned with minature wood cutting tools; he had been a wood cutter before he retired. After the pictures we said our goodbyes, but then the man asked me to come into the house so that he could show me their bavarian kitchen. For just a minute my American paranoia kicked in and I thought maybe this was going to be a Hansel and Gretel nightmare scene, in which I enter the house of the nice Bavarian, who proceeds to lead me downstairs to his torture chamber. WAKE UP! Ok, so, their home was picture book perfect and sparkling clean. The table was set with green and white pottery and the tiny space was adorned with local wild flowers and crisp white curtains. A bowl of strawberries from their garden was in the middle of the breakfast table. He proudly showed me the siting room and all their weeding pictures. This year was their 60th anniversary! There was a corner adorned with crosses and statues of Maria. I am guessing if we'd shown interest we would have been welcomed to stay the day. Just before we left, the wife brought out a glass bottle of concentrated linden tea; she gasped as I poured it into one of our water bottles and was relieved when I explained that we'd be sure to add it to the plethora of water bottles we had. The road called, so we said our goodbyes and headed out. Lucas took a sip of the uncut linden concentrate and explained, 'now that some sweet!". The sky was incredibly blue with scatterd cumulus clouds. It was about 75 degrees and we heard its going to get up to 85 in the next couple of days.


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