friday, 22nd of august - 1235 km by plane

the flight home today was at 9:15 am from heathrow. so i had to get up very early, around six, because we wanted to leave dorothea's home at seven. i woke up without an alarm clock, probably because i was nervous. after being on such an adventure for 6 weeks, i was glad to come back into my regular life again. on the other hand, something ends that i would never do again.

dorothea was up already. we had a coffee and packed the luggage and the bike into the car. then she woke up racki, who wanted to come to the airport with us. dorothea and he were wonderful and came with me to check in the bike and myself. then we waved goodby.

dorothea has been the biggest sponsor of all, she payed for my entire stay in london and the flight back, including the bike. thanks a lot! 

the flight was delayed for 45 minutes, but then it was uneventful. the nicest thing was flying over vienna and getting a wonderful view at the new zentralbahnhof and the belvedere.

robert, who picked me up from the airport, had to wait for an hour (he only got my message about the delay after i had already landed). he drove me home where gini waited for us with a cake. the children had a good laugh, seeing me, because i lost so much weight ( so they said).

after robert left (we ate some cake on our balcony) gini, the kids and i sat together on my bed and told each other the funniest things that happened in the last six weeks.

the bike is in the garage now, i hope to reassamble it soon. and use it for normal bike tours that are all paid for with money and end at home in the evening.

now and here the adventure of 'keep us going' really ends.

i thank all the people i met on my journey! espacially the ones who helped me out with food, drinks, night shelter or other support. the hole thing only happened because of you. i hope, that i mentioned all of them at the list of supporters. if i should have forgotten someone, i apologize deeply, i didn't mean it.

i also thank all the sponsors in the name of ampariza. i will contact you within the next days, because i think we should meet to have a nice evening together in a restaurant or pub (where i can report about the tour and answer questions etc.). to scedule your donation to ampariza please visit the 'surprise surprise' section.