Hello, again. After I left the Netherlands, I visited Norway. It’s another lovely place to cycle. I had heard about Rallarvegen – the former construction road for Bergen Railway from our tour guest, so cycling here is what I had been looking forward the most this time.
Rallarvegen was absolutely superb! It’ was like a fairyland. This is a must do ride!!
Hi, I’m Carlos. I recently took my summer vacation and the first stop was in the Netherlands to see my old friends.
As you know, Netherland is a great bicycle country, so how could I not join a bike tour?! Of course I will! I participated in Mike’s Bike Tours Amsterdam, as they organize English guided bike tour of the city. No need to book in advance, just drop by their bike storage place before the departure time, very easy. Maybe we should look into such operation in the future for our tours… 5-speed-citybikes were arranged for the tour. “We’ll need the gear to cycle over the <Dutch Alps> “ the guide said 
The day I joined the tour was a special day for the people in Amsterdam. It was the “Gay Pride” Festival.
All of Amsterdam was completely packed! According to our tour guide, Sean, more than a half million people visit to see and participate in this special event. Tourists including myself enjoyed watching the decorated boats in the canal full of people dancing, singing and drinking their heats out!
The bike tour was wonderful, and so was the ”Gay Pride Festival”. There are definitely so many ways to enjoy this bike country.
After today’s tour, Masa, Carlos and I attended our friend’s wedding party in Ginza. It was so —– nice party, as we could enjoyed a lot of live music performed by several music bands. And all members of the bands are friends of the bridal couple. Actually the bride is a member of Samba bateria and the gloom is a member of Okinawa Sanshin guiter band. So today’s performances are for both of them and at the end of the party there was the collaboration music with Brazilian Samba and Okinawa Sanshin guiter, it was fantastic !!
Okinawa Sanshin Band
Hi, I’m Carlos ! Como vai voce ?
I went to San Francisco this summer, and I bought new bike there ! ‘Scattante’ is the brand name. Umm? You never heard this name ?? No wonder, since this is a house brand of a bike shop in S.F. (Name of the bike shop is Performance Bike) When I saw this bike in the shop, I felf this is very reasonable for its quality of the components, frame ( full carbon !) etc… It sounds too good to miss. So I didn’t think about my luggage size, just I bought it !!
And, I’m so happy with my new bike–. The only thing it’s sad is I’m very busy with work and no time to ride on it…
Carlos, @ Tokyo
