I've always enjoyed discovering the differences between different people, places, and cultures. My contributions will tend toward the bits and pieces that catch my attention along the way.
In this photo you see me balanced upon the edge of one of many, many canals in Rotterdam. I'm about 7 feet up from the water, just beside the sidewalk. Notice anything unusual? Absolutely no barriers between the pedestrians, bicycles, cars, and these canals. You'd never get away with this in North America but here it is normal. I'm told that in Amsterdam there is a full-time city crew that has a special barge that spends all day, every day, cruising the various canals and dredging up all the bicycles that invariable end up at the bottom of the canal.
Looking forward to a year of 'Life without rails in Rotterdam'.
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