Today was the sixth milestone via in-door bike! It went much, much faster given this leg being incredibly short. A mere 504 miles to Amsterdam. Arrival was delayed thanks to me taking the bulk of December off.
What you’re seeing above is not a joke. This is the official flag of Amsterdam. If you’re a Gen X’er like me, it resembles the moonshine jug/bottle label from old-timey cartoons. Nope, the white X’s are crosses as the flag is derived from the Persijn Family’s coat of arms; the Persijns are the traditional founders of the area. I’m sure Jeremy can fill in the gaps and/or I need to read a book on Dutch history.
Next stop, Genoa! Where my Italian ancestors and Christopher Columbus came from. And to all the Columbus bashers…mangia merda! you hypocritical dickweeds who got poor grades in History and conveniently use white-out on your secular saints’ huge shortcomings: Martin Luther was an anti-semite, MLK couldn’t keep his pecker in his pants and the list goes on. Remember, all people have feet of clay. Their human failings don’t negate the ones with noble goals, let’s just stop making them into demigods and/or in Columbus’ case, saddle him with all the blame for 15th Century European mindsets.