Back on the Bike!

Another new thing we finally got round to last week was buying a bike.  Thanks to the birthday money from my Dad (thank you Dad) I could afford to get one in the holidays and after a short practice on Saturday we took a loooong bike ride and had a picnic in the country on Sunday.

As I mentioned earlier in the week, it's surprising how green Bremen is.  In a matter of minutes we were in the countryside and managed to make it to 27km around the countryside on the North side of the city.  It was amazing.  We saw all kinds of wildlife from ducks to frogs.  We saw bunnies lolling about in the fields on Easter Sunday!  We found a nice spot by the river for lunch where we could watch boats sailing by and ducks having domestics.

After lunch we followed the track round and later we stopped for a read in the sun.  All the time we passed farms and little thatched country houses, most of which were selling homemade products like honey and jam.

Later as we came back on ourselves near Burgerpark, we stumbled on a nudist beach and the first time we had been to the Universum lake in the park!

So the day after I did need a day of rest but I actually really enjoyed the trip and plan to make more use of the bike, even for shorter trips to the shops or between our flats.  It's almost like free points - we earned 11 on our bike ride!  My new record!