Week one without a car
Posted on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 in Eco-friendly
Today marks the day where
we have officially been without a car for a full week! While there are many
who have survived without a car their whole life, and don't see this as
something special - it is a a big deal to us because we have grown used to the
comfort and ease that a car brings you.
We decided to go green a few months ago1, so we bought a trioBike with two bikes and a carrier, and have been using that and public transportation2 as our sole means of transportation3 since.
So how did the first week go? - I think it went OK, apart from a few minor snags like loosing the bracket that fastens the carrier to the bike, a flat tire and being stuck at Copenhagen Central Station because some guy got hit by a train4.
I would lie if I said I didn't miss our car5, but when I see people looking for places to park, and when I drive past gas stations and see the gas prices - I miss the car less and less.
Using the bike for all of our transportation needs forces us to take it down a notch, relax a little and plan our activities a little more which in turn helps us keep the stress level down - so it's all good :-D
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Mostly because my wife wanted to go back to school so she could learn to design beautiful things - and that school is crazy expensive. ↩
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Which is actually quite good in Denmark, when you compare it with the rest of the world. ↩
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Except for the one or two times we borrowed a car for transporting stuff too big to fit in the trioBike. ↩
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He god messed up pretty badly, but I think he survived it. ↩
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This October has been the coldest in years, and our car had climate control and seat heaters. ↩