russ ([info]goulo) wrote,
@ 2008-07-16 09:22:00
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Nederlando
Ni estas en Nederlando! Ekde sabato ni estos en Roterdamo por UK, sed nun ni "couchsurf"-as en Utrecht. Impresegis min la bicikla kulturo cxi tie, kun biciklaj vojoj cxie kaj dauxra fluo de mallauxtaj nepoluantaj bicikloj anstataux la kutimaj trafiksxtopoj kiel en multaj urboj. Tre placxe! Aliaj diferencoj: butikoj fermigxas je la 17a aux 18a kutime, do la urbo estas surprize dezerta vespere. Multaj kanaloj, kun urbocentro kiel pli placxa versio de la riveropromeno en San Antonio, sed ne kreita nur por turistoj. Retpagxoj kun formularoj por persona informo havas lokon por prefikso por familia nomo (ekz "van" en "van Gogh"). :) Hodiaux ni esploros Amsterdamon.

We're in Netherlands! Starting on Saturday we'll be in Rotterdam for the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto (the largest Eo event each year, with a couple thousand people from 50 or 60 countries), but now we are couchsurfing in Utrecht. I'm really impressed by the bike culture here, with bike lanes everywhere and a continual flow of quiet nonpolluting bikes instead of the usual traffic jams in many cities. Very nice! Other differences: stores close at 5pm or 6pm, so the city is surprisingly deserted in the evening. Many canals, with a downtown that's like a nicer version of San Antonio's riverwalk, but not created just for tourists. Webpages with forms for personal data have a place for the prefix of the family name (e.g. "van" in "van Gogh"). :) Today we're exploring Amsterdam.


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[info]ghewgill
2008-07-16 10:39 am UTC (link)

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[info]paradox0220
2008-07-16 03:17 pm UTC (link)
hahaha, yah precies! There are going to be some wet bikers there pretty quickly!

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[info]hipacia_escher
2008-07-25 02:21 am UTC (link)
Just the idea of riding a bike on such a narrow path makes me lose balance. =^P

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[info]zainybrain
2008-07-23 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Have fun! I thought y'all were going to try to have a wedding ceremony at the next big Esperanto conference?

For some reason, this post didn't appear in my Friends pages. Wonder what LJ is doing?

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[info]goulo
2008-07-26 09:20 am UTC (link)
We want to have a small simple ceremony (i.e. we basically want to elope), so it won't be at a big conference. :) (E.g. not like that wedding years ago at ArmadilloCon.)

The main issue is finding a country where we can have the ceremony in Esperanto, and where we can do it relatively easily as non-residents of that country.

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