Auntie Helen's July in Germany... with trike!

[CopperBrompton]

But I really thought no-one but me takes pics of cake.

Surely cake photos are mandatory for all cycling blogs?

Etc, etc, etc

 

[Arch]

And here's my class. Trust me to have hyper-reflective trousers on! There's another Brit in the group - can you identify which person it is by face alone? (As an aside, the group all say I look incredibly English, but they can't explain why...)

Is it the chap second from the left, back row?

As for taking pictures of cake, bah, I know someone who videos his...

 

[Andy in Sig]

Sod playing spot the Brit! I'll settle for the girl in the grey cardigan thing second from left or the one in the middle at the front.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Actually, Andy, the girl second on the right (Turkish) is an absolute stunner in real life, as well as extremely nice too.

Second on left girl is Russian (in fact from Tomsk in Siberia) and one in the middle is from Bulgaria, so I think you like the Slavic look...

 

[Speicher]

I would think the same as Arch, if she means the chap in the brown top in the back row.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Yes, Arch and Speicher are both correct, the chap in the middle of the back row. Well done ladies!

 

[Andy in Sig]

Actually, Andy, the girl second on the right (Turkish) is an absolute stunner in real life, as well as extremely nice too.

Second on left girl is Russian (in fact from Tomsk in Siberia) and one in the middle is from Bulgaria, so I think you like the Slavic look...

The Turkish girl is indeed gorgeous but I meant the one on the chair in the middle (the teacher perhaps?) and the Siberian lass is a honey. You can tell them all that I love 'em.

 

[Auntie Helen]

The girl in the middle on the chair isn't the teacher, she's another student, and she's the Bulgarian I mentioned. Thus the comment about you liking the slavic types.

Off for my exam in 10 mins. We can only use a German dictionary, not an English-German, and I don't have a just German one, so I am doing without. Which could be interesting...

 

[Arch]

Yes, Arch and Speicher are both correct, the chap in the middle of the back row. Well done ladies!

Woohoo!

Is he single?

 

[Auntie Helen]

Nope, married with three kids, sorry.

 

[Arch]

Bah! Well, you have to ask...

How was the exam?

 

[skudupnorth]

Germany looks the place for top cake and cycling.....unlike this dunghole of a country !

 

[Arch]

Germany looks the place for top cake and cycling.....unlike this dunghole of a country !

We do some good cake....

To be fair, we do some good cycling too - it's the bits inbetween that suck.

Actually, I could show you some routes around Berwick that include both great cycling and great cake. They don't call me three-cafe-stops-in-30-miles-Arch for nothing.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Exam was fine, thank you; I'll find out the result tomorrow.

I've been out carousing with my course-mates in a rather noisy bar (and as I'm a bit deaf that wasn't too conducive). Fortunately four of us had a nice steak meal beforehand which was rather more gemütlich.

All the photos of me look totally appalling, but I'm extremely unphotogenic at the best of times.

I've done a 48 mile day today. I won't be riding on Saturday (will be on the ferry!) so need to do just 25.72 miles tomorrow to hit my 1000 target for July.

 

[Speicher]

Yes, Arch and Speicher are both correct, the chap in the middle of the back row. Well done ladies!

Very pleased I got that right. I did it entirely on the faces, and took no notice of the clothes they were wearing. What nationality is the man in shorts?

It is very interesting about the shape of faces.

I have enjoyed seeing all your photos, including the ones of cakes, but especially the bridges.