Well, maybe not quite yet. We are, to put it politely, novices on two wheels. You've heard of the Wild Hogs? Maybe we should have the moniker the Timid Lambs, or perhaps the Speedy Slugs. We've only ventured out a couple of times together on our bikes and we set our personal best today, with something like 8 or 9 miles covered. Not exactly ready for the Tour de France, I guess. Fortunately, if you're going to go biking, whether seriously or like us, this is the country: not a hill as far as the eye can see. While there are bike lanes on many roads, Belgians drivers are certainly not nearly as bike-friendly as those in neighboring countries. So I guess the tres chic helmets are a must...
By the way, notice the healthy crops in the field behind me? On the right, it's obviously wheat. What about on the left? At long last, we've solved this mystery: they're potatoes. They have beautiful white and yellow blossoms, all apparently for naught, since the vegetable is growing underground.
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