Willie's New Groove

I realize that Willie (for those of you just joining us, Willie is the baby blue bike I have been riding) has dominated the conversation. That is how things operate in Holland. Today is no exception. I have been easy on Willie Soft Spot (the soft spot refers to an unfortunately placed sticker on Willie's cross bar). The truth is, Willie's seat has been punishing my "soft spot" since I picked him up two days ago. I do not have any tools here so I had yet to remedy the problem until today. For some reason the seat was pointing up at about a 45 degree angle from the road. Luckily, the attorney I am working for has a crescent wrench and now things are kosher. I felt like an outsider before, with my wobbly wheeled bike that performed abortions on my potential children. Now I feel like a Dutch resident. I think that's what it takes to belong. You need a bike that can be mounted with pride, not trepidation.

I apologize for the abundance of words at the expense of pictures. I will include some eye candy for my ADD readers as soon as I get a chance. The medieval city of Gent, Belgium is probably on tap for this weekend which will likely reap hundreds of pictures.

Speaking of Belgium, I have a homework assignment for you. The next time you are at the liquor store, see if you can find a beer called, Kasteel. I think I mentioned it earlier. It is as ubiquitous as it is delicious over here but I bet we can't get it in America.