Sunday, September 19, 2010

Car Free Sunday

Today is the annual Car Free Sunday in greater brussels. Every road within the Ring (about the size of 440 in Nashville) is off limits to cars. It is however open to busses, taxis and a few categories of special groups of car tags. It is very quiet on my street today!!

They drive absolutely everything here from tiny little scooters that don't require a license (sound like a weedeater); to a BMW scooter (pass thru for the legs, no straddling) with a full roof, front windshield and back window; to motorbike's with a V8 engine and a grill that looks like the back of a refrigerator (Boss Hoss).

Then there are Smart cars (can't believe just how tiny they are until you see them in relation to other vehicles); trikes of every kind, motorized and not; and elderly people EVEN drive the hoover-round type wheelchairs ON the roadways....

...Did I mention that drinking beer here is like drinking tea back home?  What a trip!

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