Bicycles: Europe

"Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself."
~ Berenice Abbott

My intrigue with bicycles began on our first walk after arriving at our hotel in Munich, fully exhausted after a sleepless flight and an autobahn drive across Germany. And it never stopped. I loved that they were everywhere you turned, that people did everything on their bikes... talking on their cell phone, doing their marketing, commuting, walking the dog, smoking, drinking coffee, eating iced cream, riding one-handed, kids or girlfriend balancing on the back bar, making deliveries, holding conversations with a person inches away... fascinating.

bicycle and graffiti in Amsterdam

along a side street in Salzburg

Munich (left) and Ghent (right)

Munich near Schwabing

Ghent

Ghent

still life in Bruges

pastel scene in Heidelberg

Theoretically related...

• BetterPhoto bicycle photo gallery
• Flickr artist michenv's Bicycles in the Snow
• Flickr artist rjseg1's Bicycles and Graffiti
• Bicycle gears sketch by Gregory Joens

Comments

[iHanna]

I just love to bike! Your photos are beautiful, makes me want to travel and see new places... Isn't bruge so cute? :-)

[Terri@Pringle Hill]

Tammy, these are wonderful photos taken with a keen eye. Thank you for sharing your journey. Hugs, Terri xoxo