March 21, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
One of the advantages of going to the pool in the early morning rather than after work (he spoke as if he was a veteran early morning pool swimmer) is that riding your bike an hour earlier than usual is so much more peaceful. Amsterdam at, say 8:45 in the morning, is absolute mayhem. Bikes, cabs, lorries, early tourists, school kids, car commuters, we're all competing viciously for the preciously rare available space in Amsterdam's narrow city centre streets. But if you go at 7:15, the streets are still blissfully quiet. It's absolutely wonderful and definitely one of the advantages of getting up early. The picture shows my street in the early morning sunshine. The house with the scaffolding covered in green is where I live.
This evening, Rob and Günter came over for food and drinks, and it turned out to be a wonderful evening! I had prepared salmon, and served it with rice, a greek salad and vegetables, with a cheese platter as dessert. Most of it was completely against my low-carb diet rules, but seriously, I didn't care. When I was in Glasgow or Barcelona last month, or in Madrid just last week, I didn't observe any diet rules. Life has to stay enjoyable. I wasn't made a Catholic for nothing after all, you have to enjoy life every now and then. And tonight was such a time. It was Rob's first visit to my apartment, oddly enough, and he liked what he saw, especially admiring the view from the large windows. Great to have both of them over as guests!
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