Sovramonte -
When booking out we asked our great host Luciano how much we owed for the room and the lunch he'd put on the day before (not counting the grappa laced coffees) ... his reply nearly floored us ..."whatever you feel like paying"! Before H could say $5 we settled for what we thought was a reasonable amount !
The Dolomite Tunnels -
Our carefully laid out plans included Kev riding as a close by back marker with his bright red light at least making drivers aware of our presence - like so many good plans it fell to the wayside as soon as we entered the tunnel with the frightening noise from trailing cars causing me to pedal like a man possessed and leave Kev unfortunately well behind !
Frankfurt Taxi -
The look on Kev's face when taxi number one stopped and looked at Kev's bike box before then shooting through saying that there was no taxi big enough to fit his box ! Amazingly after ringing up to complain taxi number 2 (identical to taxi number 1) rocked up folded the rear seats down to easily fit he bike box much to the relief of one KH !
San Rocco -
The look on the hotel receptionist when she saw a blood covered & jersey ripped KH rock up after his 2 crashes for the day ! She was pretty keen to help when we suggested it might be a good idea to chase up some old to wells rather than have H bleed over the nice new linen during the night !
Epfach -
The sight of Kev guzzling away at a house hose tap after making a p!ea to the local residents to allow him to fill up his water bottles - "I was dying said H" !
Fussen -
The look on my face as I tried to communicate from inside a supermarket to H standing directly next to me on the other side of the supermarkets window ! Without having any success I yelled "Take your bloody sunglasses off" as H complained he couldn't see what signals I was making ... His glasses are now affectionately known as his "Stevie's" as it makes him look remarkably like Stevie Wonder with them on - although SW has much better eyesite !
Frankfurt -
The Usain Bolt like speed shown by KH when I asked him where his Nexus tablet was as we walked 200 meters down from our hotel in Frankfurt. Without a word H turned and ran back to the cafe we'd been to that morning then sprinted over to the hotel reception only to realize that he hadn't even brought his tablet with him as it was still up sitting in his room !
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