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Friday, June 25, 2010

Same Game, Different Country




You know you're in the Netherlands when your sitting in a garden like this.On Wednesday I travelled from Witten to stay with some family for a few days in Eindhoven. This is the second time I have visited the Netherlands and I love it, it's a very homely sort of country. This is a land where bikes are the rule of law, and it's pretty cool to see peletons of people riding all day to get around. Cars even give way to bike here. I went for a ride and passed a military base, and even a platoon of soldiers in full combat gear gave way to me :) But having the right of way isn't the best part about riding in the Netherlands, it's the fact that the place is as flat as fiddy's cap.







I also got the chance to swim in the Van Dan Hoogenband pool, but the most important thing was I got to revisit the public viewing for the World Cup (Netherlands vs. Cameroon in Eindhoven).



So when my first team bows out disgracefully, I get to cheer for my second team which modestly won all their preliminary games. I am afterall a Dutch citizen :)








So today I am crossing the border to Belgium where I will race this Sunday in Brasschaat.

Keep it real!

2 comments:

  1. Josh, you had better buy some orange gear, you look Australian. Your bike looks awesome near the canal.It's like the postcards of gnomes that visit all around the world.Go hard Dutchie.

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  2. soccer viewing looks fun! crazy football fans.
    good luck tomorrow :)
    xx

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