The rain caused Katrin´s bike to give up, what a nightmare in the middle of a thunderstorm standing in no mans land and the bike down. The electrics had gib´ven up, the system played crazy. So she had to do it all on here force, until we found the next town, Gambo, where we could stay under a roof and have first a warm cup of tea. The place was an old coffee and teashop, like a hundred years ago. The owner was incredibly friendly,he gave us his dry clothes to warm up, dried our clothes, offered to drive us to Gander. When we left, he even gave us a homemade bread. That ist the wonder of this jouney, the people here, they really make up for their weather!
Then we managed to reapir the bike, the electrical contacts hab become wet! What a bad construction detail.
Then, just as the sun made it throug the clouds, we were back on our way to Gander. Gander got famous lately because of 9/11. Here many planes that were not allowed to land anymore in the US had to land. The town had thousands of passengers stranded here and was runing out of everything like food and thootbrushes! This september it i 10 years since and there will be a huge ceremony here. Last week, a large piece of the twin tower was brought here, it will stand as a memorial to those days.
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen