January 14, 2012
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Sittard, Netherlands
It's my dad's birthday on Monday and we'll have a family get-together at my parents' place tomorrow, so today I took a train down to Limburg for a weekend visit. With scaffolding in front of my building in Amsterdam, it would be childishly easy to break in virtually unnoticed into my apartment, so I took my computer and some other 'valuables' with me in my backpack. Tomorrow there will be engineering work on part of the railway between Amsterdam and Limburg which meant that I could not take my bike with me on the train. That's what I usually do because then I can cycle from Sittard station to my parents' place (15 minutes) which is a bit quicker than walking (50 minutes). Not that I mind either option, really.
So, at Sittard railway station I first bought a nice bouquet of flowers (red and white roses) and I walked to my parents' place in Munstergeleen, where I had lunch, and then... walked back to Sittard again to have a look at some of the shops and have a delicious Limburg Coffee (like Irish coffee but with a typical Limburg herb liqueur instead of Irish whiskey) in my favourite bar, Schtad Zitterd on Sittard's Market Square. I returned to my parents' place in the late afternoon (once more walking, so great exercise) and after dinner we went to my sister Joyce where we had a very nice evening playing cards. Shame that I lost the game, but the evening was great none the less.
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