January 17, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Oh no! It’s starting to rain!” my colleague Karin said with despair in the afternoon as she looked outside. Checking the buienradar.nl website, which by the way is one of the most websites in this country showing you how obsessed we can be with the weather, confirmed her observation. It was raining and not about to stop any time soon. She complained that she did not have proper rain wear with her for her bike ride home, so that’s when her creativity kicked in. She went to the reception area, got a new big bin liner and cut holes in it for her arms and head, and presto! Instant rain coat! Combined with scarf, fur lined hat, and thick winter coat she was now ready to even face Arctic weather conditions. No Amsterdam rain would hurt her today! I took the picture of her just as she was about to go home.
I returned home by metro, picking up some pizzas at the supermarket on Nieuwmarkt. Günter came over tonight. I hadn’t seen him for ages after they spent Christmas time in their house in Germany and he cancelled last week’s meet-up because he had a cold. We booked our Madrid hotel for our trip in March tonight and then had a very nice evening drinking Cava (it’s the New Year still, after all) and red wine, and catching up with all we’d been up to. A great evening!
