Random car with a hitch ball
I am not aware of any statistics... and actually don't feel like looking for it, but I am just going to throw a number in. I would say that 95% of the cars in the Netherlands have a hitch ball (trekhaak in Dutch). Why, oh why? Well, the Dutch really follow the "do it yourself" lifestyle and there's also a big culture of second hand market. This means people need to move furniture and things quite some times and renting a van or requesting the delivery service from a shop might be expensive. Therefore, everybody has a hitch ball and it's very common to see rental trailers everywhere: in the DIY stores for sure, but also in petrol stations!! These can be rented just for a couple of hours.
Then the problem comes when imagine you have a big car... like a Kia Sorento, and you accidentally park too close to a car with a hitch ball, to the point that you car gets slightly on top of this other car... and it gets hooked. Then imagine, just imagine, that you have to lift up your big Kia Sorento with your bare hands to take it out. Just imagine...
lunes, 7 de septiembre de 2015
The damn hitch ball / La maldita bola de remolque
I'm back / De vuelta
"Will she post ever again?" I know you all, my million followers, were asking... Well, here I am! It has been more than a year. A year that has been quite busy for me. As an example one year ago, I had to stop reading a book in page 97 and I am reopening it today... in page 97. But I never forgot this blog. It will not dissapear from my big to do list. New post about The Netherlands is about to appear!
"¿Publicará alguna vez más?" Sé que todos vosotros, mis millones de seguidores, os preguntabais ... Bueno, ¡aquí estoy! Ha pasado más de un año. Un año bastante ocupado para mí. Como ejemplo, hace un año tuve que dejar de leer un libro en la página 97 y estoy hoy retomándolo ... en la página 97. Pero nunca me olvidé de este blog. Seguirá en mi gran lista de tareas. Un nuevo post acerca de los Países Bajos está a punto de aparecer!