dusseldorf

this was dusseldorf, late february 2009 around 5 pm in the afternoon. the city was so empty because everybody tends to walk or using the tram or the bus. the cars were parked along the way and this is the thing that i will miss when i’m back to indonesia. fresh air, good public transportation, and people tend to think twice just to buy a car (the tax, the price were that high), nederlanders seems choose bike, but in germany there were not a lot people riding their bike, but still, they WALK…! i was going to one of the mall in the town, not so much people there, that was saturday, and (seems) they’re not into the mall, instead of loving the markt (aka. pasar, buat bela beli sayur, telor, dkk. at least that’s what i’m doing – niru kebiasaan orang sini).

somewhere @ dusseldorf around 5 pm

when im asking one of the nederland people, why they really love bike, the answer were that simple : “..if you want to go home from a party at very late, there were no bus anymore, if you have your bike, its just easy, just go home right away.. ..” . that simple. hope this is the future of surabaya, 3-5 years ahead. saya sudah terbiasa bersepeda sejak SMA, kuliah dulu juga bawa sepeda (meski jarang dipakai, dan seringnya cuman dipakai pas sabtu minggu). kalo sekarang mah, jelas bersepeda kemana mana. ahh… the point is that clear : MARI BERSEPEDA nengg… !!!!!