Day 9 - Our last day together! :(

Well it seems this amazing whirlwind trip is coming to an end. But first 6 hours back from Berlin and lots of driving for us girls. We got a good start in the morning so we could get back to Kelmis at a decent hour. The GPS had calculated about a 6 hour journey. Unfortunately about 2 hours into the drive we hit absolutely dead stop traffic and got stuck in a MASSIVE traffic Jam! Of course in true style we made the most of this dead stop fiasco. There was some dancing and singing at the top of our lungs with all the windows down quite a few times, this of course got us a few strange looks from the uber serious German population surrounding us. Enter the exception to the rule: a van full of guys next to us that were so impressed with our jam session that they proceeded to hop out of the van and hand us all copies of their new cd, they're a band from Cologne. So to be polite we then rocked out to their cd. Their cd's were then promptly left at the next gas station we visited.

The most exciting part of the traffic jam, inclusive of a few fearfull gasps, was Jenna and Danielle performing Chinese fire drills for their own personal entertainment all around the car.

After about 2 hours of not moving and another hour of detour with every other car that was on the motorway, we were finally moving again and reached Kelmis just in time for dinner. We drove straight to the team house and picked up Alex, then the four of us went to this really yummy Italian restaurant and enjoyed pizzas and great big beers. It was the perfect way to end the trip.

After a lovely dinner just the four of us we headed back to the house to find a little suprise waiting back at the house for us. The entire cycling team had just arrived back from a race. Let's just say the girls were pretty excited to meet everyone and I think there were even a few facebook searches that happened as a result of this encounter. Too cute! We watched the end of the world cup game Germany v. Australia with all the boys. Finally it was time for this amazing adventure to come to an end. As the girls downed some espresso's, goodbyes were exchanged and they hit the road for the final hotel near the Brussels airport and their departure tomorrow. I later found out the girls ended up going to the wrong airport at 11 at night but quickly found their way back to the right one. Oh what amazing memories and adventures I had on this trip. I don't often travel with girls and this trip really made me realize that it's something I should do more often. I really had one of the best times! Can't wait for our next adventure!!!!