January 19, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
More noise outside in the morning, just as I was waking up. This time it sounded really close. Say! Would they be taking the scaffolding away? It's been there for two weeks now, much longer than the initial forecasted week, and I'm getting really tired of it. It sure sounded close by. There was the noise of metal moving... there were workers, seemingly just outside the window.
The mystery was revealed as I walked out to go to work. Not only was the scaffolding still there. There was also another obstacle, as you can see in the picture above. Liander, the company in charge of the city's electricity and gas networks, and the same company that had dug up the street on the other side of the canal had now decided to dig up, and completely block this side of the canal. Right in front of the building. In order to get to the metro I had to make a bit of a detour and when I returned home in the evening, part of the street was still dug up. Great, so it's not just the scaffolding now but also the street itself is a mess. Fingers crossed it won't last for too long.
As I was walking into town, Sean texted me asking me if I wanted to meet up with him. It's shopping night and he and Mike wanted to have a look at the sales in the De Bijenkorf department store. I joined them, and while they were busy picking up bargains left and right, I kept my distance from anything on sale. "These are really great deals," Mike said, "you should get some for yourself." I didn't have the guts to tell him that my bank account forbids me to do so. I just smiled and said nothing. I'm very good at that. Afterwards Sean came back with me (wait for it, that sounds wrong but it wasn't) and we had some wine and talked about Sean and Mike's recent trip to South Africa and mine to Barcelona. Was good catching up with him again.
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