Some good ol’ air

This is what I mean by countryside biking:

Cornfield to the left, wheat field to the right.

And wild pigs:

This one too!

keke!

City Girl in the Country

One of the things that really tickle Martin and I is that I’m a hardcore city girl, while he’s more into nature and the countryside.

While Martin doesn’t live in the ‘country’, 10 minutes away is the country.  Since I go to his place most weekends, I get the chance to really indulge myself.

It’s really really nice. He’s also having fun exposing me to his lifestyle.

Here are some photos to document my new found country-love:

I used to be afraid of sheep, but here I am picking grass for them to eat, and I actually touched them too ^_^.

They are so precious and curious.

Just before this next picture was taken, Martin and I had this conversation:

J: Can cows run fast?

M: Uhh, yeah. [thinking it was a joke-question]

J: Really?

M: Yeah. They have long, strong legs. They can run faster than you can.

And then the 2 baby calves we had stopped to observe, got up, played with each other, and ran off into the sun together!

^This is my happy expression after witnessing it. It was quite magical! You just can’t see stuff like this in the city.

We then found an open field with some hay rolls, jumped on them, and rolled them too. Martin rolled it while I was on top, making me feel like a hamster on the wrong side of the running wheel! We were giggling like little kids. FUN TIMES!

Next is the cute guy who took all the pictures above. He’s enjoying a refreshing ice cream after a 3+ hour bike tour of the countryside with me. We really had a good workout in the hot sun.

So thanks to Martin, I’m a converted country lover! I still love the city, of course, but I have a stronger appreciation for rural and smaller towns now. Which I thought was impossible before.

Biking Adventures

Martin and I are getting more into taking pictures of our regular (but very fun) excursions. I’m also in a picture posting mood!

We went for another bike ride today, but this time around the lake and river area.

We rode by this RV park and I had to stop when I saw this cute baby. His name is Maxwell and he’s so super sweet!

We ended up sticking around for 40 minutes to chat with Mika (Maxwell’s Mom), a very interesting Dutch lady who is RVing around with her husband and their 3 dogs.

Mika showed us her other dogs and let me hold the 5 month old puppy. If I look a little awkward, it’s cuz I don’t really know how to hold little dogs. But I’m always happy to try!

She also has 4 kids, all in their late teens to early 20’s. She guessed that I was 20, definitely no more than 22 (and probably guessed this because I told her I was finished school).  Yeah, I’m almost 28! keke.

This is better than when I’m in Asia and everyone thinks I’m 40.

Biking in the countryside

Martin and I just got back from a long bike ride. The weather is absolutely beautiful!

It’s so much fun for a city girl like me to ride around in the country. Much better than city-biking, that’s for sure.

We also passed by white peacocks!

The accidental-everything weekend

Martin and I had a fun but very strange weekend…

The fun part was that we explored more of the city!

Sunday’s Adventures

My Sweetie and I spent most of this lazy Sunday checking out eBay for a bike for me. We revolved part of our day around when the auctions would end, taking a walk in between.

And yes, we ended up winning a bike in a nearby town (!). We drove over to pick it up, and on our way back to celebrate, we stopped for dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

Too bad it’s not much to celebrate because the bike is too small! Unfortunately, genius’ that we are, we only noticed the size description right before we left to pick it up. Silly us.

The bike is really cool though.

It was only 20 euros and we’ll try to re-sell it or give it to a children’s charity if there is one nearby. While I have it, I might ride it around only at night (so people don’t notice I’m riding a girls’ bike instead of an adult bike, keke).

Here’s a picture with Cute Boy to show you how small the bike really is:

He was fixing it up. Muah!