I live on the outskirts of Amsterdam with my parents and younger brother. We have dull neighbors, and it takes ages to cycle out of our street. There's nothing else around, just houses and gardens. The sidewalk is made of half-broken, dark gray tiles, and the road in between is in equally poor condition, but light gray. Sadly, my grandpa passed away, and my lonely grandma lives alone in a flat close to my school.

My other grandparents are still alive, but they reside in Nijmegen. My mother's sister, together with my uncle, cousin, and niece, lives in Australia, and her brother moved to Spain; we haven't heard from him since. I think he's a hermit now...

My father's sister lives in Purmerend, and she got divorced because her husband cheated on her. She has a little boy who is barely four years old.

In short, I have hardly any family who lives nearby and whom I can visit on a bike, except for my grandma. She counts as two.