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   Nicola Helle 😈🏳️‍⚧️😈 (nicolaelle@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 02:01:16 JST Nicola Helle 😈🏳️‍⚧️😈

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   Now, into this #cycling adventure... I think a bit of understanding of #RAGBRAI is in order.

   I've often referred to RAGBRAI as a 450-mile pub crawl, across the state of Iowa. It's a rolling party. People will ride all sorts of vehicles across the state, and will do so in all sorts of costume. So seeing someone in unusual attire while riding is not completely unheard of.

   All of that said, I did not expect to see what I saw that morning. It was one of those moments where I truly wondered if I was hallucinating.

   For, on the road to my left and starting his own journey that morning, was a Gentleman. I managed to get his photo in the next town, along with a Wondrous young man.

   It was the sort of moment where I truly wondered if what I was seeing was real. I start listening to music about Verona... and the Gentleman cometh.

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     Nicola Helle 😈🏳️‍⚧️😈 (nicolaelle@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 02:01:17 JST Nicola Helle 😈🏳️‍⚧️😈

     Feeling in a bit of a funny mood, so I think it's time to tell the most surreal #cycling moment I ever had in my life.

     #RAGBRAI, Day 3, 2021. Starting early morning, maybe I got sleep, maybe I didn't. (Sleeping in a tent is like that.) I start out early, around 6 AM, still a little hazy out.

     I like to listen to music while I bike; I had a small speaker for this. And, on this morning, I got it in my head to play a few French musicals. I started with Gerard Presgurvic's "Romeo & Juliette".

     The music for the musical starts with "Verone", about the city in question.

     So... I'm cycling out of the overnight city, still trying to wake up, sun not fully risen yet, listening to this song.

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     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_gIJtcbUe0