I have my ChipKaart for the tram, but if I didn’t, I could go to this attendant at a kiosk in the tram where I could also get directions and a map if needed. Yes, they really have these!
N carts our bikes down his stairs
N doesn’t want to wear me out my first day, but he knows my passions, and has planned a ride to show me some bike infrastructure he knows will interest me.
N’s first surprise: a chain ferry! I’ve never seen anything like this before but apparently they’re not unusual in Holland. I can’t wait to work it, which I do. For the sake of video, N agrees to be the reluctant subject.
At Baambrugge we make a big loop riding back over the Rijn Kanal via the Liniebrug bike/pedestrian bridge (Opened Sept 2018).
Got it.
But even on the *regular* bridges, like the one we ride 3 miles later, look at the breadth of that two-way bike lane. That thing is 12’ across!
What a great day. N is so easy to be with. I already had really warm feelings for him, but to finally to be riding together with him is wonderful. We do a lot of laughing, a lot of breathing, a lot of talking. And tomorrow will be even better. We plan to make our first trip together - a whole other level of discovery - to Ghent.
Or so we think.