Before I lived in China, I was a reluctant cell phone user. I took it with me, but only for emergencies. It was a basic phone, no texting, no photos, 0 Gs.
In China, we didn't have a landline (at least not a useful one), so I started using my cellphone regularly. It was the way the kids or school could get a hold of me, I needed it to make arrangements with my driver, and I started texting my friends.
A year ago, back in the USA, I got an Android phone. Do I go anywhere without it? Nope. I can use it to check my email, text, make calls, read books, look up random facts on the internet, listen to music, track my runs, watch videos. Really, did I go from there to here so quickly?
So imagine how out of touch I feel that Mike and Kiana only have random access to the internet, and therefore are out of touch most of the time. Now, in general, I think this is a good thing!! I wish we all could go back and live life a bit more unplugged.
However, it is a bit weird to get random emails that say, "we are in Mainz" and then I have to Google it to find out WHICH COUNTRY THEY ARE IN!
They have jumped a train to get ahead of some headwinds and onto a better part of their intended route. Here is a quote from Mike's email about arriving in Mainz, Germany.
"[With our bikes] we made it through a crowd of 1000 drunk Germans on their way to watch Gemany v. Greece in the Eurocup quaterfinal." This is travel....rarely a dull moment!
They are settled into a hotel in Mainz for the night and will continue up the Rhine River from there.
As I hear more, I will post a new update.
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