May 26, 2012
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(written on 9 February 2013)
Absolutely wonderful weather once more today so after a muffin breakfast at the Coffee Company I got on my bike and cycled to Zaanstad. It wasn't just a leisurely bike ride there. I went to a DIY shop in Zaanstad where I wanted to get some blinds for three of my five windows, namely the ones on the street side of the building. I had bought roller curtains last year when I was decorating the place from scratch but the ones I had bought then were semi-transparent and didn't go all the way down in the windows. That was OK as long as no one needed to sleep in the living area but with me sleeping in that part next week, and Daniel sleeping there some weeks after that, I figured it would be better to have roller curtains that shut out the light properly. So, long story short: I cycled to Hornbach in Zaanstad today to get three new curtains. And these will block out the light as best as possible.
In the afternoon I removed the old roller curtains, which turned out to be more of a challenge than expected, but once that was done I closed all curtains and I was quite pleased with the result. Dark enough, in any case! The picture was taken of the main chimney of the Hemcentrale electrical plant which provides electricity to most of Amsterdam. It's situated in the north west of the city and the bike lane to Hornbach goes straight past it. Picture perfect.
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