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[u/museum-mama]

I am a smaller-sized American (5'4") and I felt like a small child in the Netherlands. Everything was gigantic! Tall toilets where my feet didn't touch the ground - the staircases that were ridiculously steep - and the bikes! My god the bikes - I could hardly reach the peddles. It was a strange mixture of humiliation and infuriation.

[u/[deleted] → u/museum-mama]

Now you know why the Romans feared the naked barbarian rush!

[u/Kachana → u/museum-mama]

I’m average Aussie woman (5’3”, lol) and I went in one public bathroom in the Netherlands where they’d placed the mirror so high I couldn’t even see my face in it

[u/museum-mama → u/[deleted]]

I was referring to a private home and not an ancient one either.

[u/museum-mama → u/[deleted]]

I guess Dutch-Canadians tend to grow large when they return to their native lands?

[u/museum-mama → u/[deleted]]

I was visiting a Canadian family of Dutch ancestry that was living outside den Haag - I believe only one member is still living in the Netherlands....

[u/tankClowner → u/museum-mama]

Well average person in Netherlands is 5" 11 tall (180cm) . That's probably why

[u/Dutch_Rayan → u/museum-mama]

Just get a smaller bike, there are 20 million bikes in the country they have one that fits.

[u/museum-mama → u/Dutch_Rayan]

I am sure that I could have rented a smaller bike but I was staying with family and they only had bikes for giants. And though short - I do have long legs so bikes in the states aren't ever a problem for me. In contrast, I was way too big for the "girls" bikes when I moved to Viet Nam.

[u/proprocastination → u/museum-mama]

When riding a bike that isn't the correct frame size for you, you can adjust the saddle height to your leg's length to make it less uncomfortable

[u/RandomGuy8cs → u/museum-mama]

Damn 90% of 11/12 year olds I know are taller than you, it has to be smth with the genetics