Friday, April 13, 2018

Privilege

It has been a privilege to ride in Europe. Short ride today, not a lot to report. Early ride tomorrow, so short post.   Today I touched three countries with my bike tires,  Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. It was awesome.  Tomorrow, I get to ride Amstel Gold, one of the hardest spring classics, the pro’s are riding 273 kilometers on Sunday, tomorrow I am riding a lot less.

I had Hawaiian Schwarma for lunch at a cafe run by a middle eastern man who spoke halting English, and left Texas due to racism.  He lives here (Maastricht) with extended family.  He speaks five languages, runs a business, and has very little formal education.  I feel very privileged to be here,  I have had more than a little good luck to be where I am at.  




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