day 10

every morning we have to have our luggage in the lobby but 9 a.m. for the bike tour to pick them up and haul them to our next destination

today was rough. the rain woke me up this morning around 6 am, and the rain didn't stop. we eat breakfast and decided it was time to head out on the bikes because the rain had slowed down. here is a picture of how the morning started..padded compression shorts.

we headed on our way and it wasn't even 20 minutes into the ride and it started raining. we took cover under a bridge. everyone got rain ready. kristen and i wanted to keep the hair dry because i had already showered and thats just how kristen is. my rain coat works great, kristen's on the other hand he jacket doesn't do much. even with the hood on she still gets wet hair.

we rode on and sure enough, another rain stop, then another. it was the day of rain. we thought bratislava was only 18 k but that turned into 25 k when we missed the turn. eventually we gave up and just turned on the GPS on our phones to get us to the hotel.

once we go to the hotel we had a half hour to get ready before michaela meet us at the hotel. michaela was a foreign exchange student when doreen lived with us. she just lived down the street so she practically lived with us because she was always over. her and her brother took us on a tour around the city. we saw many churches and a castle.

and we ran into another festival, what are the odds. every time we see a festival dad say "wow this is something, make sure you take some pictures. you don't run into festivals just any day." well dad we've ran into one every day in europe so they aren't to special. the only thing we look forward to at a festival is american mini doughnuts and they didn't have them today. so we had to get the doughnut holes from mcdonalds instead.

as michaela showed us around her city there were two things i really liked. first, she showed us her high school. it was more of a private school and she had to take a test in order to get in. the high school specializes in math. second, the blue catholic church. this church is seriously baby blue and so cute. they were just finishing a service when we showed up.

after exploring bratislava we met up with michaela's boyfriend for dinner along the danube. it was fun to sit around and talk to michaela again. she hasn't changed much thats for sure. then in hopes of finding ice cream we started walking back to the hotel. no such luck. all the ice cream places were closed, but i'm sure we will find some tomorrow. but the sunflower seeds on the biker were clutch. 

we will be back on the road tomorrow.