Monday April 13, 2015

I spent the morning picking photos from the 350+ that we took in the Grand Canyon to put on the blog.

We met Franziska for lunch and took the LRT into downtown Phoenix.

It was so nice meeting with Franziska again.

We had met her last year in France, she was cycling on her own and we met her over a couple of days. The amazing coincidence with meeting her again was even more amazing when we discovered that she has only been in Phoenix for a month and met up with Christine a week ago. She is doing some research on independent touring cyclists, and had contacted Christine as part of the warmshowers organization.

We talked about her studies, she is taking a Masters Degree in Travel and Tourism and her thesis is specifically about touring cyclists. We are going to take part in her study, she is doing an online survey.

Franziska lives in the art district, and is currently living in a shipping container.  We walked to her house and saw the various art-work on the streets.

When we got back to Christine\’s place we had dinner and chatted to Christine about her upcoming trip. She is going to cycle the Pacific Coast – north to south.  She was unsure whether to cycle it on her own, but Franziska told her it was a good way to travel, as some days you can meet up with people and cycle with them and other days you can be on your own.