Skoll: Do Monkeys dream of mechanical sheep?

God created man. And man created Monkey. When God created man he created them to experience the existence and to know all that is good. But when man created Monkey, was he consious of his actions? Did he understand the essence of the Monkey or did he simply create a toy for his mundane amusement?

These are the questions that have been troubling me during the past couple of days when we have been riding. What is my role is this divine comedy? I have been riding this beautyful beast of steel and taken it for granted but what right do I have to demand anything from it? This I have realized: if the Monkey doesn't want to take me to Gibraltar, it wont. And I am thankful of every kilometer the Monkey deems me worthy.

Couple of hours ago we arrived in Amsterdam where we are planning to spend also tomorrow. Riding in Holland has again been different. First of all you can't generally drive on the normal roads but have to use sidewalks with bikes. The area near German border was covered by villages and small towns and the sidewalks didn't always go to the same direction as the roads. We ended up several times in the middle of potato fields and pastures. Once we got to Zwolle it changed. The roads went in a straight line kilometers upon kilometers and were accompanied by asphalted sidewalks.

In Amsterdam we - or to be exact only me - encountered the police for the second time (first time was in Copenhagen where two friendly officers asked what kind of bikes are we riding). We were driving in city center during the rush hour. With mopeds you should drive on the right side of the road but as the traffic moved slowly and there was nowhere to go, I drove in the middle of the road. The car behind me didn't like that and tried to pass me several times. When he started honking I showed some international handsigns. Yup, that was a civil police. He pulled over and we had quick chat about the respect of authority and moped driving laws.

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