So we're here. In Hamburg. The airport to be more specific. Wakeup was way to early this morning at about 5 am. Especially considering we didn't go to bed until around 1 in the morning. Actually thats when I finally put the covers over my head and tried to go to sleep. Travis was still up packing his stuff.
Our last day in Germany was good yesterday. We did have a minor emergency when it was discovered that Travis had no pedal wrench to take his pedals off with. I have the look keo's so I have a special allen key that I use but Travis needed a wrench and the Team USA mechanics had already left. So we just hung out in the hotel lobby until someone with a Team USA jacket came in and begged and pleaded with them to borrow a wrench. They were kind and gracious enough to lend us one and a major problem was avoided.
For the last hour or so in the airport we have been walking up and down between gates scanning every face we see trying to refind the proffessional triathlete we had found. We were sitting at a little cafe place inside security eating breakfast when this really tall guy I had kinda observed dstood up and left the cafe. As he rounded the corner Travis grabbed me whispered "that was Matt Reed!" I took a quick glance and realized that was right. Yes indeed, Matt Reed, Professional triathlete, American, 14 at World this year, the very same guy who almost mowed us down on lap 5 of the bike. Whoa. We've searched pretty much everywhere but he seems to have vanished. Maybe he's avoiding us. We even checked the bathroom but he wasn't there. Oh well. We'll keep our fingers crossed that maybe, just maybe, he's heading back to the states on OUR flight. But I doubt it.
After a long day of traveling I'm looking forward to getting home around 9 tonight. It's actually kind of sad leaving and I'm NOT looking forward to all the schoolwork I have to do when I get home. Ah well. Such is life.
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