April 3, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yesterday in the office was a bit of a struggle, to be honest. It’s not related to the five day workweek that I now have to get used to, because we actually have a four day weekend ahead of us, but for some reason it was difficult to concentrate on anything in the office.
Today was easier. Of course I went swimming again in the morning, and that was extra nice. Not only is the pool’s temperature highest on Tuesday mornings (and it goes steadily cooler throughout the week, with the water on Sunday actually a bit chilly at first touch) but this morning the main lights in the pool had also been switched off and that meant that the water was mainly lit by the big turquoise and blue underwater lights. It was quite a magical atmosphere! It’s funny how quickly you become part of the ‘morning swimmers’ group. There are a lot of familiar faces each morning; people who, like me, get up early and do their rounds in the pool. You see each other, you say good morning to each other… and you swim on, doing your own laps. It’s a great feeling. And I can basically repeat yesterday’s post’s closing sentence: if you’d told me this a month ago, I would have thought you were a lunatic.
