Munero...Week 2

Munero ( to give, or present in latin). If you didn't read my last blog, I am starting a new project.  I am giving away $50.00 each week to someone or some organization who needs the money way more than I do.

Last week I gave to Sunshine Industries in Okalahoma.

This week I am giving to Pathways Middle School Library. My former job was librarian at this school. I looked forward to each day at Pathways..the students loved to read, the staff was positive and I am sure it is still the same. The library was smaller than the school bathrooms I think. But despite this the students flocked into the library and begged me for books. So now Tina, the new awesome librarian, can buy a few more books for these amazing students.

 This is the school...and below is the quilt the students made me.

Munero

Munero Week 1

Nice word. It means to give, or present

in latin. I have been thinking a lot lately about

giving and helping. But that is as far as I have gone…just thinking.

Last week I discovered the blog, Adventures in Giving Land. The blogger

gives away $50.00 a week to charities and then describes it on his blog.

After reading it I was inspired to to take action.

http://givingland.tumblr.com/

I love this idea... so I too am giving away $50.00 each week to someone or

some organization who needs the

money more than I do.

It will feel good to share what I have.

This week I am giving to Sunshine Industries.

http://www.sunshine-industries.com/

My friend Sally’s mother loved this charity. 

From it’s website I can tell it is a grassroots operation in Oklahoma

which does a lot of good.

In memory of Geraldine Couch.

Bicycle travel...

It's not that I don't love castles or cathedrals or cities. I do. But somehow, after a year of traveling around Europe, I needed something different.   I didn't want to wait in any lines, go on any tours or follow a city map. And so, on a bench in Edenburgh we planned our next vacation.  We would ride our bikes from Berlin to Copenhagen.

We barely planned the trip, and left only a week after Tom’s heart procedure. Tom got a detailed map (in German) of our route and we rented a Berlin Rad for Greta, and packed our panniers. We had an idea of where we were going each day, but no plans for lodging.

Here is a description of our route:

Two pulsating European metropolises, 630 km by bike and a short sea voyage across the Baltic - the international Berlin-Copenhagen cycle route links the German with the Danish capital, three idyllic regions and a lot of friendly people. It offers endless views of unspoiled nature, plenty of opportunities to take a swim and enjoy life, to uncover a few surprises and to make some new discoveries. Globetrotters can look forward to a dozen days (or more) of adventures an discoveries in Copenhagen, East Denmark, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Berlin.  
http://www.bike-berlin-copenhagen.com/index.php?id=home&L=5

It was a great tour by my standards. It was flat...yes flat with only rolling hills. There were nice inns along the way for us to sleep and we had no trouble finding nice places to stop for coffee and treats

No logging trucks, no RV’s to scare me and it seemed like we rarely even saw a car. Instead we toured along canals, through farmland and small villages. It is a great way to see the country and there are hundreds of similar trails like this in Germany.

Our route.

This little boy rode on the ferry with his mother. They were all loaded down and h. e was a good sport while he had to stand in the rain. Many families were on this route

Starting off in Oranienburg, just outside Berlin. The bicycle path was delux.




Our first stop, a small inn on a canal north of Furstenberg. Most of the inns along the trail had special places to safely store our bicycles.

We stayes in fairly small towns, such as Gustrow.





Christiana free spirited community in Copenhagen.

Ferry ride..

Sitting in front of the library in Copenhagen.