My Dutch mates and I: Albert, Erik, Bas, Micha, Me, Peter Bob. These guys kidnapped me and took me out for a night on the town this past Saturday. Really, really, really, really great time. I took a ton of photos, however, most are not suitable for print.
From Reuters:
Dutch cyclists union ENFB has launched the first door-to-door route finder for bicycles, which is the result of a large volunteer project inspired by the collaborative Internet project Wikipedia.
One in every three trips in the Netherlands is done on a push bike and the country has thousands of bicycle lanes that are not accessible to cars. None of these bicycle lanes were known to navigation software or route finding devices.
"This is really a Dutch problem. Other countries have very few dedicated bike lanes and in those countries car route finders can be used by cyclists, too. But here in Holland, car route finders are unaware of the best cycle lanes," said Kees Bakker, project leader for the Dutch cycle route planner available here.
In recent months, dozens of volunteers have mapped all roads and cycle lanes in the central province of Utrecht which has 1.17 million citizens.
Weekend in the UK
Flew from T.O. into Gatwick, London and stayed the weekend to hang out with the Booysen clan stationed there (you know who you all are!). Although completely jetlagged after JUST getting used to Eastern Standard Time, I still had a great time staying with C. & D. Booysen. These two managed to produce two beautiful, charming and thoroughly exhausting children. Just kidding! They are great kids and I had a great time "attempting" to keep up with their energy level. Below is a pic of the oldest K. (5), a future Astronaut, upon liftoff.
