Pray like herrings in a barrel
It’s 3:30 a.m., I’m in the bus between Tel Aviv and Tiberias, and I really need to share with you what crazy things an air hostess has to go through…
Category Archives: Viewpoint
Everyone’s Dad
I hardly ever saw such a small man on a bike. If I ride next to him, I feel like a giantess. You would think he’s one of the many…
Wet mullet
Finally my hair is long enough to have a ponytail again. A decent ponytail, a ponytail that deserves that name – instead of some hairs pulled together, playing hide and…
It all starts and ends with Lance Armstrong
He is everywhere around here. His ghost is haunting the city and the lands surrounding it. Not because of the doping news or because of his oncoming interview with Oprah….
Smiles, smog, and sock doping in Saigon
2012 was the year of hi-viz, my bike, my bar tape, my bottle cages, my shades and, for most of the 21st of December, my face. That’s right, when the…
I cannot enjoy myself while on my own
I always envy people who can enjoy themselves without company. They happily go to the cinema alone or visit a concert on their own. I just cannot. I need someone…
The moment
by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw & Fiets, handboek voor de…
Hey Mister Busdriver!
by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw & Fiets, handboek voor de…
A hat is the solution to everything
by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw & Fiets, handboek voor de…
Babes in Plopsaland
by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw & Fiets, handboek voor de…
