My Bike = My Lifeline

How much do I love my lifestyle right now? I effing love it off! Why? Because I don't need to beg people for rides or chase down the gottdamn 165D bus anymore. Why is this such a big deal? Well, after living in the suburbs of Toronto all my life, this is effing Freedom 55! All I need is my trusty ol' bike :)

She helps me get to my many different places of work, to my Thairobic class on Tuesdays, to any supermarket I feel like grocery shopping at, to the bars/clubs when meeting friends at the weekend... but wait, there's more! 1. There are bike lanes on almost every street in my city (be jealous, Toronto heads!) and 2. I don't have to bike farther than 30 minutes from our flat to get anywhere I need to go within the city. I'm living the healthy/mobile lifestyle I'd always yearned of living. Can't get no better!

Typical Dutch Intersection

Even the intersections look kool in the Netherlands. Everywhere you look, whether you're in a small town like Arnhem (pictured here), a big city like Amsterdam, or somewhere in the middle of butt&@#% nowhere, bike lanes are everywhere. Having grown up in the suburbs of Toronto, I always envied countries with strong bicycle cultures. But I ain't envious anymore. Nowadays, I don't have a car and I don't need a car. My bike is my lifeline. I can get to work, do grocery shopping or hit up a club with my bike. Everything's within biking distance living in a city of 250,000 people. And boy, do I feel freeeeee!