Mon 17 Aug 2009
Not having a car has it’s ups and downs.
Living right next door to Europe’s largest skating path (which is also open to bike riders) is one of the good sides of being confined to bikes.
Little E is not to be deterred. She was back on her bike in full shape and rode with us for 18kms through the countryside to get to our hostel (then another 2kms and of course we had to get back as well … so she managed extremely well … after all she’s not even 4 yet)
The next day we did a little more exploring and rode to another village to have lunch there. We had a wonderful time relaxing in the quiet villages, where really the only thing going on is the hustle of all the skaters and bike riders coming past … some more serious than others.
I just thought it’s wonderful to be able to ride without having to worry about cars. It’s perfectly safe and smooth riding and has allowed our kids to become very good bike riders at quite an early age (though I guess they’re not very good swimmers by Aussie standards 
