I bought a bike last Saturday! It's old, it's green and it's lovely.
I picked it up from a guy who lives in a small village just east of Sint Niklaas, the repair and restoration of bikes is a bit of a hobby of his. So my bike's in a perfect state: bad enough to be fairly cheap and less likely to get stolen, but good enough to get from A to B with some pride and grace.
I've already covered quite a few kilometres on my bike, and my thighs hurt alot. Still, it's totally worth it. From my place to the city centre it's about 10 minutes' drive (Ghent is a maze of one-way streets if you're on a car, so the quickest route takes you away from the centre before you get there), plus five to infinity minutes to find a parking space. By bike I can take more scenic routes and it only takes about 15 minutes. Gent is quite flat like most of Flanders, which adds to the pleasure.
The cobblestones are a bitch though.
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og hvar er mynd af hjólinu???
these bloody cobble stones!
edinborg er æði og ekkert nema götur með 'cobble stones' en það er killer að reyna að ganga á háum hælum. i've thrown mine away haha!
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