Need we say more. The sauna challenge was right up the Swizzle’s alley. Nothing is better after a long day of banging out challenges than hanging with the French sopranos/gangstas in the super sweet, no chicks allowed mens steam palace. High on the Paris to-do list. Awesome to competitour across Europe with you all.

Sincerely

The Swizzles

Stupor– the sleep deprivation, no food, sheer excitement variety has settled around us like a foggy Maine day. One might mistakenly think it was a stupor of another variety since we’ve descended upon Amsterdam with gusto– but suffice it to say, THOSE areas seemed cool on the train ride in, but once the Swizzle-ator found us two bikes, we never even ventured near. No folks, we’ve circumnavigated the city of Amsterdam at least twice today (albeit on different loops) and seen some ridiculously cool stuff. Oddly we’re home before midnight and nourished and even showered, just so we can communicate with you.

Sincerely,

The Swizzles

Reminded again of appreciation for most of life’s necessities and creature  comforts–  especially after an hour or so spent with the Romans- many of them had it pretty good in a different kind of way.  

Emotions are cycling the gamut–  mostly highs, but we’ve also come face to face with some of life’s and histories more tragic moments leading to poignant reflection and even the shedding of a tear or two.   Steve has spent an AMAZING (there’s that word again!) amount of thought and time arranging the challenges and the cumulutative effect thus far is profound (there’s the cycling emotions again!) and heck its only day two!

More later!  I’m late to meet Steve and the gang now can barely tear myself away from this warm and fuzzy and delightful and FASST internet connection!  

Off to our next mystery city….
Sincerely

Frau Swiz

So the traveling has begun. We were a bit wacked out by the overnight transatlantic flight, and the fact that we were up and on our way to our first destination/challenge about an hour after touching down in Frankfurt. Yes, folks, Frankfurt, Germany was the jumping off place for our adventure south to check out some castles and some mega mogno go-kart (yep, souped up, un restricted go-karts) track in the Rhine valley. Anyhoo, we were just minding our own business, psyched to be tromping up the pretty steep hill leading to Marksburg castle. Hey, why do they always put the cool castles up these steep hills for anyway? But yea, this place had never been destroyed which is a pretty cool and a big deal in this part of Germany and we we’re just taking it all in when………….

Caroline (Frau Swizzle) says” Is that truck starting to roll down the hill?……It is……Hey………Your truck is roLLING DOWN THE HILL……!!!!!” says safety officer Caroline to the German delivery dudes who don’t really run marathons (If you know what I mean). We’ll the Herr truck driver may have been a little slow to put together what saftey officer Caroline was saying in her excited, jet lagged english, and he probably isn’t inclined to rush to many things, but I’ll tell ya, when his his truck starting to carreen down that very steep slope at speeds that were aproaching possible air time at the fast aproaching hairpin turn, Herr truck driver did a jackie owens, carl lewis, and/or other really fast guy impersation that litterally blew our hair back. He was so fast I couldn’t even catch him on this short, but very real, clip.

And that was only the begining of this crazy Comptitours challenge. I’d write more if it wasn’t 2am and if I didn’t have to get up at the crack of early for more challenges. But were having a ball and hope to post more of the fun soon. Frau Swizzle saves the day….again. And the guys at the go-kart track brought their own custom painted helmets like pool sharks bring their own pool cues.

Sincerely,

The Swizzles 

Here’s a little bit about us.

Sincerely,

The Swizzles