I loved being in Europe, the venues, audiences, food and beer were much better than I'm used to stateside. So I got to day-dreaming about what it would be like to live in, say, Amsterdam all the time. Would I be able to play music full time, or would I still need to babysit? And if I had to babysit, the kids would probably speak more languages than I do. And would I have to learn how to bike around the city with kids? Wow.
After that, I payed close attention to how people carried kids on bikes. It really freaked me out. No helmets! Sometimes the kids would just hang on the the back. Lots of people had one kid in front and one in back, or these really cool bikes that had a kind of wheelbarrow or stroller in front. I even saw a woman with a baby car-seat carrier bungie-corded to the fender rack. That baby couldn't even sit up. I can not imagine any American parent allowing me to ride with a baby like that. Cultural differences are so fascinating. I'd better start biking around by myself for a while, get my balance working, just in case I get huge in Holland.
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