Something I saw while in Germany as well as in Austria were bikes. Bikes were everywhere. Now not motorcycles, but bicycles. It would be crazy easy to ride a bike there because bike lanes were everywhere. I'd love to get a bike for here in Lisbon but am a tad bit afraid of getting ran over. I have almost been ran over twice now by the "cautious" Lisbon drivers while just walking across the street. What's up with that? Is there a sign on my back that says "American-knock me out." Ok, back to bicycles. But seriously I'd love to be able to ride here. We stayed in a small town in Germany for several days. I walked into the town two different days and was always overwhelmed by how many people I saw on bikes. Talk about going green. They all had their little baskets ready to go get their groceries. Just a very cool feel to the cities.
