monday, 21st of july, 70 km

anybody who remembers 'panik ostrau'? phong will, i guess. that was a ddr soccer club, that could beat austrian clubs, and did. i thought that was the reason why we called them 'panik'.

i am staying overnight in ostrau today, but it's a different one. but there was panic as well! 

when i left chemnitz in the morning i had to think a lot about what berthold had told me. he is full of interesting and moving stories.  i didn't think too much about getting food, so i only realized quite late that i was hungry, and didn't find anywhere to get some food . all the restaurants are closed on mondays. 

in this moment, google maps (which i had decided to trust to take me to berlin) had misled me entirely, so i had to push the bike back up to a steep road i had been on already. when i got there i was hungry, felt a bit weak and did not concentrate enough. as i began to roll down the road, i put my sunglasses on, and maybe because of a hubble, i pushed the front break to hard - it all happened very fast - in the end i lay on the ground on my back, gasping. bike and bags all over.

panic! that was it!

after catching my breath again, i found only my elbow hurt a bit. luckily, there was a very nice hospital nearby. they checked my elbow and took x-rays. after about two hours of examinations, i could go on. only minor injuries.

and now i am in ostrau. 

vom ostrauer pfarrer aufgetischt