I visited Utrecht a few times when dating a Dutch woman, and cycling was an absolute joy. I moved over to the side of the road to let a car overtake and she just looked at me like I was crazy and was like "no? We have right of way. They stay behind us"
On the other hand I also saw Zwarte Piet for the first time and had to explain to her that her fun Christmas tradition was the most racist thing I'd ever seen and the more she told me about it the more racist it got
I visited Utrecht a few times when dating a Dutch woman, and cycling was an absolute joy. I moved over to the side of the road to let a car overtake and she just looked at me like I was crazy and was like "no? We have right of way. They stay behind us"
On the other hand I also saw Zwarte Piet for the first time and had to explain to her that her fun Christmas tradition was the most racist thing I'd ever seen and the more she told me about it the more racist it got
I didn't get a chance to visit Utrecht but I hear it's a beautiful city too! That's cool you were able to spend time there like that.
Zwarte Piet is racist cringe for sure. Sorry you had to deal with that.