July 8, 2012
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(written on 4 March 2013)
It took a bit of encouragement from my side but in the afternoon Daniel took a train to the airport to welcome his boyfriend Matt to Amsterdam for his first ever visit to this city. This picture shows them, not too long after their arrival back home after a walk through a rain shower that left them absolutely soaked. Daniel treated Matt to a welcome prosecco (left over from last week's boat ride) and asked me to take a picture of the two of them. And then another one. And another one. And another one. They spent some time at home and then went out for food and to explore the bars, leaving me on my own in my studio. That was actually quite nice, good to have a bit of peace and quiet (yes, I am that age.)
In the morning, when Daniel was still sound asleep I started exploring the maps and guides that I had ordered from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Even though I had already taken them out of the envelopes that they arrived in weeks ago, I had only checked them briefly (given that I won't exactly start walking the AT tomorrow) but this morning I was pleasantly surprised by how detailed the maps and books were. The AT, contrary to the West Highland Way, tries to avoid all human settlements as it winds its way over 2,700 miles and through 14 states, and that was clearly visible on the maps where the main colour was definitely green. I'm still reading ebooks on the AT and I do hope that one day I will be holding the first map (Georgia) in my hands while standing on top of Springer Mountain.
In the afternoon I had a lunch with Paul in Bagels and Beans on Waterlooplein and we continued to another cafe (because of the lack of service in the former.) It was great seeing Paul again. We don't go out often enough and I'm afraid I'm entirely to blame for that. Ever since moving to the city centre, I have become much more of a hermit than what's healthy for me, but slowly these summer months seem to be turning the tide. That's good. Need to get out more again!
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