The people at Martin Luther college could not have been nicer. Martin Luther College is operated by Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Its mission is to prepare men and women to be ministers, teachers, missionaries... They are a conservative German people and thus, as Garrison Keilor would attest, prone to a belief in suffering. John and I, however, are Catholic Germans and lean more toward guilt, comfort and beer.
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| Martin Luther College, Ulm, MN |
We arrived just before a torrential downpour and were given our accommodations: families in the basement, women on the first floor and men on the second ...no air conditioning in the dorm room. Since John and I are married, we got the basement. One would think that would be cool; one would be wrong. It was damp and a bit scary. Our room smelled dank. The "windows" gave us a view of the well covers. The room was L shaped. It opened to a "closet" (more like planks tacked together by boy scouts), turn left and a built-in shelf/desk with 2 bunk beds opposite set into the wall. Gabe, a fellow rider, described it best saying he would not go back unless he took garlic and a crucifix. We asked for and were given a different room. Hot, but less creepy.
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| Historical Museum and cool looking building |
New Ulm is a cute German town with historical buildings, shops and restaurants. I got a pedicure, John and I perused a bookshop and lounged over a couple meals. Beyond that, all we had time/energy for was laundry, bike maintenance, and watching the Tour De France in the air conditioned common room.
One funny note: I ordered pizza for John, myself and 2 other riders. Three large, thin crust pizzas. The man on the phone asked if the order was really for just 4 people and warned that his pizza was filling and did I realize that was 6 slices per person?? We're bikers, I replied, we eat a lot. It was good... Pizza, the Tour de France in an air conditioned room and a couple of smuggled beverages. Life is good.
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| "Herman, the German" stands guard over the city. |
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| Downtown New Ulm, MN |
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