New Bike!

Yesterday morning, Brian and I purchased another women's bike!  We wanted to have 2 men's bikes and 2 women's bikes so that we had enough when people come to visit us.  We had 2 men's bikes because Brian brought his new bike and an old one he had with us from the States.  We only had my new women's bike.

Brian was told about a Fahrradmarkt (bike market) by the guys at work.  We walked through the pouring rain yesterday morning to a school gym.  We weren't really sure what to expect, but it was basically a big school gym with bikes sitting around.  Each had a tag with the price on it.  You could look at the bikes and try them out inside the gym and then there were lines once you found one that you wanted.  It was quite crazy because there were a lot of people and less bikes.  We got there only about a half hour after the sale started, but a lot of bikes were already spoken for.  A lot of them were kids bikes, but there were a fair amount of adult bikes too. 

Here is the bike we found.  Definitely not new, but it's in decent shape and it's the right size for me or someone taller to ride it.

When we paid for the bike, Brian wanted me to take the change since I had the wallet.  When the lady handed back the money, he pointed to me and said "she'll take it" (in English).  The lady immediately said, "You speak English?" in perfect American English.  She then asked where we are from and Brian (not thinking) said USA.  It hadn't clicked to either of us that she had perfect American English without a German accent until she said, "I know you're from the USA...where?"  We then realized that she was probably from there too, so we told her where we are from.  We found out that she is from the Rochester, NY area.  We never found out why she is here or for how long, but it was nice to stumble upon another American.  It doesn't happen that often, but definitely more than I thought it would!

After buying the bike, Brian walked the bike back home in the rain.  He had his rain pants and coat on, so he didn't get too wet (except his feet!).  I used my umbrella and carried Brian's and had on my rain boots, so I stayed relatively dry.

Yesterday it rained all day and today it has stopped for a little bit and rained much lighter than yesterday, but it's still pretty yucky this weekend.