September 17, 2012
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(written on 17 June 2013)
A picture of a very serene looking Keizersgracht, taken early in the morning as I cycled to the pool. It’s been difficult picking up the rhythm of daily swims again after the pool reopened after its summer break. Of course there was the holiday in Barcelona that interrupted things, but also in normal work weeks such as this one, it doesn’t happen every day anymore that I get up early and go to the pool. Sometimes, instead of the morning, I go after work, but still not as much as I would want (or need). Officially I reached my target weight in July of course, but it wouldn’t harm to keep the weight down and the condition up through exercise.
The tall building at the right hand side of the canal that is currently under construction used to be the Metz department store, a very old-fashioned six floor building with a lovely panorama restaurant on its top floor. Unfortunately the store (which is owned by Liberty’s of London) closed and moved to a much smaller location… and now it’s wait and see what is going to happen with their old building. It’s not very often that such a big retail space becomes available in this compact city, so it could be exciting…
