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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

I know it is in there somewhere

This is a picture of the bike rack at the Hauptbahnhof (Main Train Station) in Heidelberg. There are probably 1000-2000 bikes. Yes I said 1000-2000 bikes. This is the same picture every day of the year. Trying to find your bike in the middle is absolutely impossible. There is no way to get to it because the bikes are jammed so close together. One of our YSA put his bike there last year when he went to Stuttgart to visit his parents and when he got back he had no idea where his bike was. It is probably still there. There is another area further to the right and it has about 300 bikes, but is far better organized and one can get to the bike. They also have lockers you can put your bike it. Because Heidelberg City is basically a flat area you see thousands of people riding their bikes. Yesterday a 73 year old woman rode her bike from Waldorf (8 miles to the south) to say goodbye to one of the missionaries who is going home today. It is not uncommon seeing women and men in their 70's or 80's tooling down the street on a bike. You also get to see women in skirts and dresses and high heels riding along on their bikes, as well as men in suits and an occasional tuxedo.

2 comments:

The Caple Crew said...

oh my goodness! Why would anyone even think about adding their bike to that mess!?!

steph said...

I figure you can just drop your bike off and pick up a better one when you come back.