• RT @NASA: Spacewalker Bobby Satcher just said, "…give a shout out to the Twitterverse." #
• RT @instantwebmeets: Google Gives A Slightly Crippled Maps Navigation To All Android Users http://ff.im/-bTSQ5 #
• the most complicated machine of all times is back on track: Good News from the Large Hadron Collider http://bit.ly/7ItFtf #
• RT @qikipedia There are about ten thousand trillion ants in the world. #
• RT @instantwebmeets Using Google Analytics Is Illegal, German Government Officials Claim http://ff.im/-bWhXF #
• RT @ICHCheezburger …when the rats are as big as the sofa, http://bit.ly/7Uhzwn #
• this is hilarious: police sketch #fail http://bit.ly/62Gu4W #
• aww, it's so christmasy! http://twitpic.com/qt2hh #
• RT @Richard_Dawkins Charles Darwin's 'On The Origin of Species' First Appeared in Print 150 Years Ago Today #
• aaaahh! #
• charlie chestnut (karlheinz kastanie) and the massacre http://twitpic.com/qx0c9 #
• RT @BarackObama Video: The season's luckiest turkey http://bit.ly/8IRgrg #
• if they label eastern european music 'zigeunermusik' (gypsy music), i don't want to see their africa category. http://twitpic.com/r108m #
• oops, the previous tweet links to the wrong picture. political correctness #fail here: http://twitpic.com/r2ftf #
• RT @serafinowicz Cause of death: Autopsy #
• Just voted serafinowicz for Funniest Person to Follow http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards #
• haven't had any car-related contact with police for 7 years, and now a speeding ticket + a police checkup within a week. statistics rock. #
• RT @serafinowicz Sometimes I'm afraid to let my mind wander, in case it never comes back. #
• http://twitpic.com/razqq – i'm not sure how, but it seems that my hero's wifi is working even when it's lacking a battery. supreme power eff #
• RT @serafinowicz Anyone else think this? The robots from the 'Transformers' movies would make great toys. #

“There are certain days that remind me of why I ran for this office.
And then there are moments like this where I pardon a turkey and
send it to Disneyland.”
Barack Obama, Nov. 25th 2009

• woke up because of my own laughing today. dreamt that friends did a really cool "power puff girl" immitation complete with costumes. #
• answer #fail – http://bit.ly/2qfugH #
• meine neue antwort auf die frage "was kann man als biologe einmal machen" lautet: "ein gnuhu erschaffen – halb gnu, halb uhu" #
• i'll be talking about my encounter with the rare kakapo (NZ, http://bit.ly/3v5Pph) on thursday. let me know if you're interested. #
• ist here really NO way to generally turn of auto-capitalization on the HTC hero?? #
• particle physics gives me a hadron. #
• just heard owl city's fireflies for the first time, and love the song! http://bit.ly/2pyHJw #
• very cool: a list of our very extended family and degree of relationship. http://bit.ly/1J6vDt #evolution #
• RT @RichardDawkins 'Hey, preacher – leave those kids alone' by Ariane Sherine – guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/3qFI3 #
• last chance: big screen presentation of our bike trip from austria to spain, today at 8 pm. if you're interested, contact me. #
• don't worry: your secret is safe with me …and facebook. http://bit.ly/73BUfs #
• done with work & uni. might watch the latest episode of south park now… #
• mmhhh, it's almost done! http://twitpic.com/qisbs #

• RT @instantwebmeets: Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox! http://ff.im/-bc5dU #
• thanks for crashing and losing the last 2 hours of my work, google earth. luckily, i was able to reconstruct most of it. #
• Hello world! #
• easily install barcode scanner using barcode scanner! #fail http://twitpic.com/ozx83 #
• http://twitpic.com/p0yry – nervous… #
• remember "noah takes a daily picture of himself for 6 years"? http://bit.ly/17hb1p –here's homer simpson's version: http://bit.ly/1k52sj #
• yesyes! tweeting via hero tethering connection. #
• great, it's officially that time of year again. http://twitpic.com/p7izt #
• RT @Apfel_Zubehoer: iPhone Wurm iPhone/Privacy.A kopiert sensible Daten http://bit.ly/1S5bL0 #
• it's all going down. #
• RT @serafinowicz: Potpourri = Perfumuesli #

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day seven: lunch break in a walnut plantation

in this picture, you see our very first actual “lunch break” which lasted more than 15 minutes. after 8 days of biking, we started to feel that we didn’t quite consume as many calories as we should, eating mostly muesli bars all day.

that day, as we drove through lots and lots of walnut plantations, anton remarked “haha, ‘wine country’… all we can see is apple trees.” from that point on, he only made very general descriptions of the vegetation (as in “trees” or “landscape”). :)

the short but perfect bicycle track along part of the rhone river

song of the day: maná – en el muelle de san blas

day six consisted of an incredibly beautiful route along the rhone river, which we had to leave behind near saint-genix-sur-guiers in order to go further south. [more...]