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Presenting books I’m reading. I bought a bike book. So now I have statistics like this. In Stockholm 8 % of all transports are by bike. In Copenhagen it’s 30 %. And in Groningen in the Netherlands it’s 60%. Yeah, Stockholm is not a paradise for cyclists. Another thing according to the book one joke in the bike community is that the number of bikes you should own is N+1. N is either the number of bicycle you have, or the number of bikes your partner think you should have.

But why I got a bike book. I am a middle ages man and can not afored a Lamborghini or Ferrari. So the logic chose is to buy a handmade Italian bike. Or the really reason I got interested biking is that Robert was that. He had taken up cycling when studying in Davis, California. I simply thought I needed a hobby, why not just copy the one you knows.

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Venice is a spectacular travel destination. Maybe the only spectacular travel destination I have been to. Well I have seen Stonehenge and Loch Ness too, but Loch Ness only count if one sees the plesiosaurus colony there. The sad thing is that no one has ever seen that colony. So we can wonder what other truly spectacular travel destination there are in this world. The first I come to think of is the Galapagos islands, because of the animal life. Second Dubai with all their buildings. From Jung Chang's biography over Empress Cixi, I learned that the city Suzhou is called China's Venice, that could count (if one want an adventure, Suzhou is two to three hours by bike from Shanghai). Well, without thinking too much about it, here’s my list.

1. Galapagos
2. Dubai
3. Venice
4. Taj Mahal
5. The pyramids
6. Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India
7. The Sistine Chapel
8. Suzhou (perhaps)
9. Amazonas
10. The Sahara