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I Am Dutch

Last weekend the event 'tegenwindfietsen' was held. I live close to the coast, and there is wind here most of the time. When I head to go to school as a kid, we had to battle the winds. The English Youtuber Tom Scott made this little documentary. This was filmed only 5 miles from my house.

https://youtu.be/VMinwf-kRlA
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
I'm not Dutch. But I greatly enjoyed a two week vacation in Amsterdam a few years ago.

I went there as part of a self created treatment for my then phobia of the Netherlands and Dutch people. My vacation cured me. The Dutch I met were all very kind people and they also have a great sense of humor. I thank them for helping me recover. Now I no longer fear the Dutch.
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
@Thewhazzupdude I had a very bad Dutch psychotherapist during my very unhappy childhood. She encouraged my mother to hit me often. She did all she could to make me feel hopeless about my life. She criticized and ridiculed me for my fears and problems. She often told me that "where I come from they would beat you with a stick." So I guess I thought of Dutch people as child abusers.
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
@Thewhazzupdude If you read my Featured story (under my Profile) you will see why the last thing I needed in my childhood was an unsympathetic psychotherapist.
@greenmountaingal That is horrible, plain horrible!
Wow, that's intense.

Takes me back. Those cold, lonely rides defying the elements.
Mother nature always had an ace up her sleeve waiting...a frozen water bottle after a hill climb, some black ice perhaps.
Classified · M
Werd het niet tijdens de wedstrijd afgelast?
@Classified Ja, omdat het voor de vrachtwagen te gevaarlijk werd om de fietsen terug te brengen naar de start. (in English;Classified asked if it was cancelled. Yes, after the individual bikers finished, the bikes should be brought back to the start, for the group bikers. Because of the wind, it was too dangerous for the lorries to bring the bikes back.)
Classified · M
@Thewhazzupdude Je zou zeggen dat je ze met wind mee terug kan fietsen 😋

Ik ga niet vertalen hoor 😅
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMinwf-kRlA]

 
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