Bicycles

I love biking in Amsterdam. When on a bicycle, you are always right. For example, you can go to a bar, get trashed, bike home, cut off a vehicle, cause it to swirve, crash into an old lady and a baby, and fly into a canal, and it is still the cars fault for driving, the old lady's fault for being old, and the baby's fault for being there. When on a bicycle, nothign is ever your fault, except if you don't have a night light; then you can get a ticket. I'm not saying this is right, but it is convenient.

I have seen many intersting bikes. This one reminds me of the movie "The Fly", when Jeff Goldblooms' character transports himself in his new machine, and his DNA gets mixed up with a fly's when he gets to the other end:









Flower Power:











The multi level parking lot near Centraal Station:








The Dutch are extremely skilled cyclists. While biking, they can simultaneously roll a joint and talk on their cell phone with complete ease. They will also transport anything on their bikes. No word of a lie, when my roommates and I were enjoying a beer at our local pub (which is located in an old castle tower!), we saw a guy transport a chest with drawers on the back of his bike. We've gotten quite good at it ourselves. Here we are with bags full of new swag for our flat:









As an aside, the Smart Car originated in the Netherlands. This was taken at the Amsterdam Historic Museum: