July 13, 2012
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(written on 4 March 2013)
Friday the 13th is not such a bad day at all this time around! It’s the start of my holiday! I was really quite tired as I got home from work tonight so I was actually relieved that Daniel had plans for the evening – and for the rest of the weekend. Around ten people who are all fans of Russian music group t.A.T.u. are coming to Amsterdam this weekend and Daniel is spending most of the weekend with them, starting tonight. He left the house at around 8 in the evening to meet up with the first of them on Dam Square, leaving me alone in my flat – and that suited me just fine. I had declined repeated requests from him to have “starting drinks” at my place, not really fancying ten strangers in my studio (the combined ages of which would still probably not be my age) so it was nice and peaceful tonight.
During my lunch break I had also made a very impromptu decision regarding my upcoming holiday. Originally I had planned to fly to Liverpool on Friday (and from there taking a train to Blackpool straight away) but with Daniel leaving Amsterdam on Tuesday, and with me having no other plans for Wednesday and Thursday, I decided I might as well extend my stay in the UK just a bit. So, this afternoon, while booking flights to go to Glasgow in October, I decided to also book a flight to London on Wednesday morning. I found a hotel that was still relatively affordable in the Earl’s Court area and also a train ticket on Virgin trains from London Euston to Blackpool for Friday. Even though it does mean extra expenses, it also means that I will be able to escape Amsterdam and start my trip abroad two days earlier, and that was yet another reason why Friday 13th is definitely not bad luck today! The picture was taken from my apartment as the sun was setting in the evening. The view is towards Dam Square and the Royal Palace in the distance.
