Exercise

One can imagine that, working where we work, there are a lot of people who exercise. A lot. In my group, the popular activities are (#1) Running at lunch. I have not been able to get myself to participate in this one. Number 2 activity is biking to work. This doesn't sound like a big deal if you think about biking from one neighborhood to another in the same city. However, our commute is 26 kilometers, which usually takes us about 25-30 minutes with traffic. There are people who regularly bike to and from work several times a week. Last week, my coworker and I decided we should try biking in since we weren't too busy at work, John was still in China, and it'd be good for us. Since last week it was very very hot, we carpooled home one day, and met at 7 am the next morning to bike to work. It took us just under an hour and a half. Since her car was still at work, we didn't have to bike home when it was 90 degrees out!

If you click on the below link, you can see the route we took. Work is definitely in the middle of the country, so most of the way was next to the river Pegnitz, or a canal. After that, it was through farmland and small villages until we got to work!

Map of the route to work