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Unlike in southern European countries like Italy and Greece, scooters are not the number one way of inner city transportation here in Holland. Quite a shame, since they are a whole lot faster than cars in the alley-rich European city centres, cheaper in fuel consumption, and easier to park. Off course Holland is an exception, since 99% of the population also rides a bicycle.

In Holland, scooters are usually associated with 16-year olds, making a lot of lawnmower-like noises and ignoring other traffic.

Ever since the fuel prices have gone beserk, scooters are gaining in popularity. It's stylish Italian scooters like retro Vespas that rule the sales charts now, since these beauties not only look great but also are low on fuel (1 litre for 40kms is no exception). Unfortunately, they're expensive as hell.

I bought myself this 2007 Piaggio Fly 50cc 4-stroke scooter, as an alternative for city transportation when we will move to rural Lisse within 4 months from now, besides my bicycle and our car. Ever since I picked it up last week, I grab every oportunity to drive it around to any place, anywhere. I love it! It has one downside however - my fysical condition goes down the hill even faster than my brandnew scooter...

And so to Greece. We didn't fly till the afternoon, so we spent our morning wandering around London before we headed for Gatwick. Again. A few hours later we were in Corfu, at our cheap and cheerful hotel across from the port. A quick trip out to find sustenance and then we were back on our balcony with some cans of Mythos and a couple of Gyros. Then it was off to bed, because the next morning we would be catching that ferry that you can see in the distance there to head for the tiny island of Paxos.