8) My hot ride... Verona

Been a very busy past week! I kept going to write my blog but then something new would come up. As the world knows transportation in the Netherlands means... bicycles! On average each dutch person owns 3-4 bikes. Ok now do the math for a country that has 17million inhabitants... that's a lot of bikes! I have one, her name is Verona (photos scroll down). When I first bought my bike I had a 3 month warranty included in the price and wow that has come in handy so far. I have had a few problems with my bike, one of them having the possibility to injure me badly. When I went into the bike shop the man looked at me, looked at my bike, looked at me and said " YOU HAVE BEEN RIDING THIS, LIKE THIS?"..hehe oops... yea so now I know that one stupid things people do is take the screws of the front wheel frame and so your wheel will just come off, not sure how this amuses people but now I know to look for the possibility of doing a face plant before I get on my bike. 

My hot ride... with pink flowers and two locks. 

I have heard some horror bike stories. There is a big problem with thieves stealing bikes and then selling them on the street for very cheap. It is illegal to buy a bike from these criminals but some people risk it as the bikes are very cheap, as cheap as €10...  Apparently in the first week a guy from the exchange program bought a bike from the street, then was arrested by the police but because it was after hours they did not want to deal with his paper work so they put him in prison for the night, poor guy! Then of course you hear about losing your bike keys and having to get your bike unlocked, not moving when you are peddling as fast as you can because the win is going against you, not being able to find your bike, o and the list goes on. Basically your bike is your best friend, and after seeing the car prices for the first time last week I know why bikes are more popular than cars! 

Where I am living there is very little car traffic. The central city centre of Utrecht is medieval and was not designed for automobiles so there are very few in the centre itself. I went for an adventure a bit closer to the highway and found a gas station. So here you go... no more complaining in Canada! 

That is in Euros remember ;) 




-Xoxo