It's 15.9 Miles

My commute between Nederhorst den Berg and the P.C. Hoofthuis at the Spuistraat and Raadhuisstraat in Amsterdam. Olaf and I did the ride this morning on quiet (though not deserted) roads. I pulled up all the way to the gate of my building, to see if the computer would move to 16.0, but it didn't. I'd still like to give myself 16 miles each way. Here's how: at the end of a ride I always round down (for example, at the end of last Saturday's coffee ride, I had 37.9 miles, but I have written down 37 for that day). So in the course of a year, I accumulate lots of change, so to speak, and I'd like to apply that to my daily commuting deficit of .2 miles. From now on, I'll add a little distance to each commute, so that this will no longer be necessary (on the way home, I'll do the Hinderdam--the road curving along the river to the left here, instead of the straight shot into town alongside the Spiegelweg--the road on the right). I hope this will be acceptable. To prove that Amsterdam is a real city, we found two cafes open near my building this Christmas morning at ten am, so we were able to turn this little jaunt into a coffee ride also.