January 30, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
It was the day that the streetlight just outside my window (picture above) stayed on all day for some reason that is probably known to the city only.
It was also the day of the meeting, at 7pm tonight, of the association of flat owners of the building I live in, which finally shed some light on likely expenses in the short term for newly discovered issues with the building (2,200 euros for me, since you ask) and what the plan is for claiming that money back from the person who sold us the apartments.
It was also the day that the association decided to take action to close down the coffeeshop on the ground floor. Not because we have anything against coffeeshops as a principle, but because this one is still owned by the person who sold us these apartments and has been so negligent in his duties towards the rest of the owners, and this seems to be the only way to make him pay attention to his obligations.
It was also the day that there was the first snow in Amsterdam. Not much, just a light drizzle snow (is that a word) but it stayed on the ground and that’s no surprise because it’s very cold outside and likely to stay that way for the rest of the week.
It was the day that I treated myself to a breakfast consisting of a delicious blueberry muffin and a large vanilla latte in the Coffee Company store across the road. I used to go there much more, but for dietary (they use full fat milk) and budgetary reasons (the above breakfast is € 7.45) I had been cutting down on my visits there. Because I didn’t spend much money at all the entire weekend I decided that I really deserved a bit of a treat today and it came in the form of a Coffee Company breakfast.
It was also, and actually mostly, the day that I typed and I typed and I typed. No less than 23 blog posts (including this one) on one single day, so that – FINALLY – I can once more claim that my blog is as every blog should be: completely up-to-date (at least for the next hour or so)
