So guys, I am all set. I had some terrific days out here in Connecticut at Tassos and Carlindes place. We had a very nice meditation weekend with lots of friends and a great party with lots of jokes, jamming (Tasso has 2 guitars. 2 amps and a drumset in his basement and Carlinde plays sax) and good food.
Tasso and Carlinde. Two fantasic friends and exellent company... We drove out to New Haven to have Pizza and Beer. They brew their own beer there, and me as an experienced german beer drinker I can tell you it was pretty good beer :)
the bar...
... and the rough boys ;)
Altough I am a little tired and exhausted the whole time plus my throat starts hurting I am very exited and looking forward to start driving tomorrow. Also I got myself an US mobile phone number. So if you wanna have that number please email me and I'll send it to you. Then I bought a TOMTOM navigation system to bring me to all the places I want. And then the best, the car.
When I was planning the trip back in europe I thought it's gonna be best to buy an used car here and to sell it again when I'm done. But once here, this soon turned out to be difficult and expensive... I would have to fight through a lot of paperwork and I still would not have an reliable car. Renting turned out to be the best option. After some research I found some good deals around and decided to rent the smallest possible car from a nationwide car service in the nearest town. As returning the car back to the pickup location makes it much cheaper than to return it for example at the west coast (and fly back) I decided to really complete the full circle around the US until end of august, and to return the car back to the same dealer in Connecticut.
Today I went to pick up the car and... they had no more of the small cars left! But I made my reservation on the internet for a small car and so I got for the same price an almost new FORD ESCAPE SUV. "Sports Utility Vehicle" HEHE. Big, black and funky. Enough room to sleep in and ready for some dust roads. I was amazed. But see for yourself...
no words.
test drive back home from New Haven. Notice little "Bonnie" in the windshield - she's giving me great directions :)
the Ford in it's whole beauty
that's how the roads look like here
Und jetzt fuer meine Deutschen Leser!
Sorry Leute ich muss leider meine Zweisprachigkeit hier einstellen. Meistens habe ich nur kurz Zeit am Internet und viel zu erledigen (Schlafplaetzte regeln, Route planen, Kontakte aufnehmen) und keine Umlaute, hehe
Ich bin sicher Ihr koennt Euch meine Texte Uebersetzen lassen und Ihr koennt mir auch immer emailen aber ich kriegs nicht hin immer auch in Deitsch zu schreiben. Jetzt aber noch eine wichtige Information, ich habe jetzt auch eine Handy Nummer hier. Mailt mir einfach und ich schreibe sie Euch!
Supervielen dank auch fuer alle Euro Kommentare, sie kommen alle an auch wenn ich nicht immer antworten kann!
Also, morgen geht's los und ich geh' jetzt mal noch ne Runde meditieren, alles Gute und meldet Euch!!!
Thanks for all of your comments, please keep writing that helps me a lot to get greetings and wishes from the "old" and the "new world" hehe. That's it for now, stay tuned!!!
Tasso and Carlinde. Two fantasic friends and exellent company... We drove out to New Haven to have Pizza and Beer. They brew their own beer there, and me as an experienced german beer drinker I can tell you it was pretty good beer :)
the bar...
... and the rough boys ;)Altough I am a little tired and exhausted the whole time plus my throat starts hurting I am very exited and looking forward to start driving tomorrow. Also I got myself an US mobile phone number. So if you wanna have that number please email me and I'll send it to you. Then I bought a TOMTOM navigation system to bring me to all the places I want. And then the best, the car.
When I was planning the trip back in europe I thought it's gonna be best to buy an used car here and to sell it again when I'm done. But once here, this soon turned out to be difficult and expensive... I would have to fight through a lot of paperwork and I still would not have an reliable car. Renting turned out to be the best option. After some research I found some good deals around and decided to rent the smallest possible car from a nationwide car service in the nearest town. As returning the car back to the pickup location makes it much cheaper than to return it for example at the west coast (and fly back) I decided to really complete the full circle around the US until end of august, and to return the car back to the same dealer in Connecticut.
Today I went to pick up the car and... they had no more of the small cars left! But I made my reservation on the internet for a small car and so I got for the same price an almost new FORD ESCAPE SUV. "Sports Utility Vehicle" HEHE. Big, black and funky. Enough room to sleep in and ready for some dust roads. I was amazed. But see for yourself...
no words.
test drive back home from New Haven. Notice little "Bonnie" in the windshield - she's giving me great directions :)
the Ford in it's whole beauty
that's how the roads look like hereUnd jetzt fuer meine Deutschen Leser!
Sorry Leute ich muss leider meine Zweisprachigkeit hier einstellen. Meistens habe ich nur kurz Zeit am Internet und viel zu erledigen (Schlafplaetzte regeln, Route planen, Kontakte aufnehmen) und keine Umlaute, hehe
Ich bin sicher Ihr koennt Euch meine Texte Uebersetzen lassen und Ihr koennt mir auch immer emailen aber ich kriegs nicht hin immer auch in Deitsch zu schreiben. Jetzt aber noch eine wichtige Information, ich habe jetzt auch eine Handy Nummer hier. Mailt mir einfach und ich schreibe sie Euch!
Supervielen dank auch fuer alle Euro Kommentare, sie kommen alle an auch wenn ich nicht immer antworten kann!
Also, morgen geht's los und ich geh' jetzt mal noch ne Runde meditieren, alles Gute und meldet Euch!!!
Thanks for all of your comments, please keep writing that helps me a lot to get greetings and wishes from the "old" and the "new world" hehe. That's it for now, stay tuned!!!
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4 comments:
You lucky guy!!! Amazing car!
By the way what is your mobile number in the US? I would like to have it... Just to get some first hand stories. :P
Hey Mich,
Was great having you here and wish you a great great trip with your real american car....take care, have fun and see you in August! Lots of love,
Hey darling! Yes, what a great car, you'll have lots of fun with it. Wish I was there. Thanks for posting all the photos. Those of NYC bring some fond mmories to me. Good luck on the road xxxx
Hi, Micha!
Schön von dir zu hören. Wo hast du den Panzerführerschein gemacht!? ;-) Wo du doch gar nicht bei der Army warst ...
Schick' mal Deine Handynummer, damit ich mich bei dir um Mitternacht mal einschleichen kann.
Hähä, liebe Grüße auch von Moni,
Holger
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