Go Time

I'll be leaving Oxford in about 3 hours to catch a cab to the bus station, a bus to Gatwick Airport, and then a plane to Lisbon, Portugal. Should land tonight around 7pm, at which point Dale and I will have to put together our bikes and ride to our hotel. My biggest concern right now is biking on the right side of the road. Why does the UK insist on being different?

Decided to keep the posts shorter to save time for myself and others. Inspired by Overland, I'm going to include: high since last update, low, something I've learned, haiku I've written, and hopefully some photos.

So for today

High - Sealing my bike box yesterday afternoon. It felt great to know that all the preparation and hard work is in the bag and now I get to ride for the next 4 weeks and not worry about anything else.

Low - Running around Oxford trying to find duct tape to seal my bike box. Literally, not a single store in Oxford carries duct tape. And every store that usually does just so happened to be sold out. I ended up bartering with the owner of a local bike shop for his partly used roll of duct tape. Best 3 pounds ever.

Something Learned - Apparently, in the 1950's the President of Portugal thought it would be a good idea to build a giant monument of Jesus Christ looking over the city of Lisbon. It was meant as a thank you/plea to God for having spared Portugal in WWII. That's a pretty serious thank you present. Check this thing out:

The work has been done

So the hard work can begin

See you in four weeks

Cheers,

MBG