I fly to Vienna in order to get to Brno, in Czech Republic, where I was invited to speak about marketing bicycle culture. What a beautiful city. Above is me on the Christiania bike and my collegue, Lars Gemzøe, the other speaker, in the box. We nicked the Danish ambassador's cargo bike and went for a ride.
Some guy brought one of those electric bicycles - I've heard they're calling them Lazy Bikes now - and this Brnoite/Brnoian/Brnoista went for a spin.
Here's one of the homies we hung with. Looking dapper as you like.
Here's one of our friends from Brno on the left, talking to a girl on the street.
We went for a bike ride through the city with our hosts. Daniel and the deputy mayor, Martin at left. Lars with the camera, Henning, the Danish consul at the back and a Brnoian friend at right.
A great way to be carried about !
ReplyDeleteThat woman is so fabulous in driving her bike. I like her.
ReplyDeleteyour Bronian friend in the tan suit looks quite dapper! Lovely pictures & post today :)
ReplyDelete1. Is that an iDannebrog on the front of the cargo bike? Cute touch!
ReplyDelete2. On a hunch with my limited knowledge of Czech, I looked up "Brněn", which it turns out is indeed the Czech name for the inhabitants of Brno - for males at least; this ebikestress would be a Brněnka (BRRR-nyen-ka). According to Wikipedia, they developed a Latin name for the city, Bruna, which would let us call them Brunians in English.
Or, if you really want to be cheeky, you could go back to the German name of the town, Brünn, and call her a Brünnhilde...
3. Lovely paving in the courtyard.
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物，主要有五種葷菜，合稱五葷，佛家與道家所指有異。
近代則訛稱含有動物性成分的餐飲食物為「葷菜」，事實上這在古代是稱
之為腥。所謂「葷腥」即這兩類的合稱。 葷菜
維基百科，自由的百科全書
（重定向自五辛） 佛家五葷
在佛家另稱為五辛，五種辛味之菜。根據《楞嚴經》記載，佛家五葷為大
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興渠另說為洋蔥。) 肉 蛋 奶?!
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Someone brought their electric bike in to the office yesterday to charge the battery pack which exploded and filled the lower level with smoke, triggering the fire alarm and evacuating the building for over an hour as the fire department responded.
ReplyDeleteLuckily it was sunny and warm and no one was injured but lazy (for sure) and potentially dangerous.
Also a bit ironic as it was one of the computer technician's bike and not a laptop battery exploding
Hmmm. . . I've been seeing a few electric bikes around Flagstaff lately - Giants mostly. I must admit, it does seem a little lazy but at the same time when I am pedaling up a steep hill in the wind those electric bikes look pretty practical. Still not sure about the folding bikes, though. Something about the geometry makes me nervous.
ReplyDeleteIn Czech, an inhabitant of Brno is called "Brňan" [bRRnyan] for a male and "Brňanka" [bRRnyanka] for a female. A think a correct equivalent, also offered by google.translate service, would be a very sterile "citizen of Brno" :) Not sure about that "Brunian"!
ReplyDeletehey you with the big funny euro sunglasses - dont get any skinnier ok señor okthxbye
ReplyDeleteattn. the tequila badasse comittee ;-)