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Summer Solstice

6/21/2019

1 Comment

 
Here we are in Gauting, all settled in, and I even have internet as of three days. My last blog was exactly two months ago, when we cycled out to our future home for the first time, excited and filled with happy expectations. We haven't been disappointed. This move was a good move.

Today after supper I thought a short stroll would be nice. I went downstairs, but then quickly returned for my rain jacket, just in case. The initial gentle drizzle was fine, I actually enjoyed it. I liked it, too, when it rained a little more and I could hear the rain drops patter on my hood. Good I had my rain jacket and that the pockets are big enough for my little Sony Nex camera, if I have a small lens attached, which I did. The further I got from home, the harder it rained. Yes, good I had my rain jacket. Thunder rumbled in the distance, far away not threatening. Eventually my shoes were soaked through and my drenched jeans clung to my thighs. Yes, good I had my rain jacket and its pockets are big enough for my Sony Nex camera.

It was a walk to celebrate the June solstice, no bonfire, no sunset, just a walk in a warm summer rain.
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Laura F Roberts
6/22/2019 02:20:53

I had sound effects here while I read about your thunder. It's been many days since it hasn't rained (mostly stormed), but that's certainly resulted in some beautiful greenery here. Living in a village sounds so much more relaxing than living in a city. So glad you are both enjoying your new place.

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  • Home
  • Bicycle Tours
    • 2020 >
      • Out and About in Bavaria >
        • Day 1: Gauting - Bad Tölz
        • Day 2: Bad Tölz - Bad Kohlgrub
        • Day 3: Bad Kohlgrub - Landsberg
        • Day 4: Landsberg - Gauting
    • 2019 >
      • The Season Has Begun
      • Pedaling and Shooting in Bavaria >
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
      • More Pedaling in Bavaria >
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
      • Cycling the Inn in Austria >
        • Day 1 Gautig to Tölz
        • Day 2 Tölz to Jenbach
        • Day 3 Jenbach to Innsbruck
        • Day 4 Innsbruck to Rietz
        • Day 5 Rietz to Landeck
        • Day 6 Landeck and Home
    • 2018 >
      • A Two Day Outing
      • A nine-day tour in Lower Bavaria >
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
        • Day 3
        • Day 4
        • Day 5
        • Day 6
        • Day 7
        • Day 8
        • Day 9
      • The Romantic Road >
        • Day 1 - Füssen to Peiting
        • Day 2 - Peiting to Klosterlechfeld
        • Day 3 - Kosterlechfeld to Gersthofen
        • Day 4 - Gersthofen to Donauwörth
        • Day 5 - Train Ride Home
      • Continuing on the Romantic Road >
        • Day 1 - Donauwörth to Raustetten
        • Day 2 - Raustetten to Dorfgütingen
        • Day 3 - Dorfgütingen to Creglingen
        • Day 4 - Creglingen to Hochhausen
        • Day 5: Hochhausen to Uettingen
        • Day 6 - Uettingen to Würzburg
      • Alpe-Adria Tour 2018 >
        • 1. Alsace or the Alps?
        • 2. We're Off: Munich to Bruckmühl
        • 3. Mountains Aready? Bruckmühl to Übersee
        • 4. Almost Salzburg: Übersee to Freilassing
        • 5. On the Ciclovia Alpe-Adria: Freilassing to Golling
        • 6. A Short Ride: Golling to Werfen
        • 7. A Patch of Blue Sky: Werfen to Sankt Veit
        • 8. Holed up in Sankt Veit
        • 9. The Big Climb: Sankt Veit to Unterkolbnitz
        • 10. Inching Our Way: Kolbnitz to Spittal
        • 11. Flat and Dry: Spittal to Arnoldstein
        • 12. Buongiorno Bella Italia: Arnoldstein to Chiusaforte
        • 13. Best Bike Path Ever: Chiusaforte to Tavagnacco
        • 14. Closer to the Sea: Tavagnacco to Palmanova
        • 15. Last Day on the Road: Palmanova to Grado
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      • Cycling in Circles - Bike Challenge 2018 >
        • The 7 Rides in 7 Weeks Challenge
        • 1: The spirit is willing
        • 2. The weather is good
        • 3. Off to buy a new saddle
        • 4. Got a new saddle
        • 5. Testing the new saddle
        • 6. Spring Equinox
        • 7. The sun is out
        • 8. Starting the Circle
        • 9. To Schleissheim
        • 10. The Second Segment
        • 11. Easter Sunday
        • Simulating Belgium: on a cold and rainy day
        • 12. The Third Segment
        • 13. The Fourth Segment
        • 14. Visiting Friends
        • 15. The Fifth Segment
        • 16. The spirit is willing ...
        • 17. The Sixth Segment
        • 18. The Last Segment
    • 2017 >
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      • The Munich Kaffeeklatsch
  • Bicycle Memories
    • 1982 - Provence with Daniel
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