I'm missing something
Two more days left until I venture out into the great land of liberalism, and many curiosities prick my mind about the Old World.
I have been trying to read up on Europe as much as I can in order to lessen the culture shock, but there are still many things I am just unsure about.
Up until today, my biggest uncertainty was riding a bike in Holland. That will be our primary mode of transportation, so we better be good at it. Now I biked quite a bit as a youngster, so I brushed off the warnings by the program's coordinators that the bikes in Holland are different. According to the head coordinator., the funniest day for the students and facutly at the university there is the day that the Americans receive their bikes. She said that they all run to the second story windows facing the parrking lot to watch in jest as we ride away on our new bikes.
I think everyone who is going on the program was a little bit scared, but I was more confused. What kind of bikes are these? Do they have three wheels? Do they have a steering wheel instead of handle bars? Do you pedal with your hands? Naturally, My imagination went wild.
This had been prickling my curiosity up until today. We got an email from the coordinator with an attached picture of the infamous European bikes. Ahh. It all makes sense now. Check out the picture and you'll discover why.
Yep, you guessed it - if you look closely, you will notice it - a bell on the handlebars. Not a horn, but a bell.
I dread the day that we receive those bikes.
I have been trying to read up on Europe as much as I can in order to lessen the culture shock, but there are still many things I am just unsure about.
Up until today, my biggest uncertainty was riding a bike in Holland. That will be our primary mode of transportation, so we better be good at it. Now I biked quite a bit as a youngster, so I brushed off the warnings by the program's coordinators that the bikes in Holland are different. According to the head coordinator., the funniest day for the students and facutly at the university there is the day that the Americans receive their bikes. She said that they all run to the second story windows facing the parrking lot to watch in jest as we ride away on our new bikes.
I think everyone who is going on the program was a little bit scared, but I was more confused. What kind of bikes are these? Do they have three wheels? Do they have a steering wheel instead of handle bars? Do you pedal with your hands? Naturally, My imagination went wild.
This had been prickling my curiosity up until today. We got an email from the coordinator with an attached picture of the infamous European bikes. Ahh. It all makes sense now. Check out the picture and you'll discover why.
Yep, you guessed it - if you look closely, you will notice it - a bell on the handlebars. Not a horn, but a bell.
I dread the day that we receive those bikes.
posted by Aaron at 1:17 PM
2 Comments:
I think you are mistaken. The picture that you have is ONE BIKE!!! That's why they are so hard to ride, the bike looks 30 feet wide--how do you turn those beasts?
A-ha! I think you are on to something, JT. Perhaps all of us have a seat on this gigantic 30-seater at the same time? In that case, what foolery, I admit!
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