Showing posts with label Bike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bike. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Expat Life: Mijn fiets (A minha bicicleta)

After two years and seven months in the Netherlands, I' ve bought my bike ;-)

From Coisas Minhas


For two years, I lived in the city centrum, where everything was nearby: theater, cinema, restaurants, stores, the supermarket, the lake, the park, the train,...
However, since last December, I live in Tussen de Vaarten. Here we have a bus to the city centrum each 7 minutes and the trip is about 10 minutes. Ok, that's fine, but...
I wanted to enjoy the parks and the lakes of Tussen de Vaarten, go easily to Albert Heijn, visit some friends nearby. The best way to do it is with a bike ;-) Now, I don't need to take the bus only to go for a two or four stops ahead.

How have you found your bike? you ask...

First, I went to the city centrum and visited some stores. I tryed a couple of bikes but I felt uneasy.
I'm a Portuguese with 1,60 m, not a Dutch tall woman.
I needed a smaller bike, so I decided to look for it in the site of MatraBike.
I clicked in "Damesfietsen" (Lady's bikes) and I chose this one with 43 cm, the ideal for me. I bought it online, and few days later, they delivered it at home. Easy.

Now, it's enjoy it!

I had a bike when I was a child... yes, almost 30 years ago...
Well, we use to say: " We never forget!" and that is true! ;-)

The best part of it?

A wonderful feeling of freedom! ;-)

Have a nice week! ;-)

George Michael, Freedom