Well, we're here in Holland and it's great. Still suffering from jet lag but that's just part of the package.
I'm sitting on Sjoerd and Gerda's couch in this lovely neighborhood with blooming trees and the only thing that I hear are the birds. Lots of cars parked on the street by hardly anyone driving them. Bikes going silently down the road side by side, sometimes with parents pushing their kids on a separate bike along. Sometimes the riders are holding hands. Lots of youngish kids playing at the local park having fun yet, no parents around.
I like it here.
I get frustrated when I see things that have been shown to work like narrow streets (easier to do when not a lot of snow...), lots of public transit, protected intersections, pretty dense homes, walkable and pleasant to walk neighborhoods, yet these things are not adopted at home. Why?
*sigh*
The birds are quieter now, so that must indicate that I should end this post now.
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