Bike riding is encouraged here. There are self-service bike stalls all over the city allowing one to ride through the city (though one must carefully dodge all of the “driven looking locals” and the many tourists plus other bicyclers who all ride on the “opposite side” than we do in the States). If you return the bike to any location within 30 minutes and wait 5 minutes before taking another one, you can virtually ride all day and only pay $2.80 for the bike! We rode through the city, along the beach, around lakes, gardens, and along the river! (as we rode for 1-2 hours almost every day while here)

A final highlight was an evening at the Athenium, a magnificent grand dame theater building, to attend a tribute concert/theater performance to Marvin Gaye. A funk band accompanied an actor who narrated the story of Marvin’s life, and also sounded so much like him – it was uncanny (and a bit eerie too).  Very fun time dancing in our seats (and eventually on our feet when the crowd warmed up).