Delft-bound

It's a strange feeling to be heading to a place in the world you know nothing about.  Well, that's not entirely true.  The following images comprise the extent of my knowledge of Delft, Netherlands:

And the second one I only know from a Google image search.  Something like 100,000 people live there, which means there are approximately 1,000,000 bicycles within the city limits--limits that I'm sure contain no more than 5,000 sq. ft.  


So yeah, in a little less than two weeks I'll be making my way across the Atlantic to spend half a month learning why the Dutch have transportation systems figured out and (presumably) why we'll never be able to re-create their success in the States.  


"Then what's the point of going?" you might ask.  Well, like someone who thinks they have an STI, I want to be proven wrong.  Who knows - perhaps I'll be optimistically inspired by the experience.  Either way I probably won't make it back alive.