Reserved for Directors

As Matt Yglesias says, all sorts of people bike regularly in Germany, not just students and 20-somethings. Today I saw something that captured this so well, I just had to take a picture:

All of this sounds like a NYC cyclist's dream, but I must admit that obeying traffic laws is really, really weird.

Ok, I confess!

I may have claimed I was moving 4000 miles for my research, but really, it was just to see these sweet Piraatenparty election posters in person. (Also: gosh, Heidelberg is pretty!)

Now, with extra German flavor!

... by which I mean that I'm living in Heidelberg, at least for awhile. So far (~14 hours) it seems pretty neat. Tons of bicycles. Far denser and more walkable than a comparable US city of ~140k. Quite pretty, in that charming European way.

I'll try to actually start blogging again.