We were supposed to go to the Chill Island festival today but it was postponed due to heavy rain and gale force winds.

What else to do but lie around all day?

Even though we knew Amsterdam was famous for the number of cyclists (among other things!), it struck us both how many there actually are.

Just as surprising is the style of the bikes, they are an old style of bike and anyone in Australia caught dead riding one of these would be, well, dead.

The parking lot at the main train station in Amsterdam was perhaps the most surprising of all. Four levels, just for bikes. There must have been close to (if not more than) 10,000 bikes parked there.

This shot is one I’d had in mind but wanted to do it through the shower. I was lucky (and you were too!) that it was raining this afternoon.