It's scorchio out there today. I popped out briefly to run some errands: Round to the Poezenboot to drop off two weeks of FTs from work for the cats, and then to Waterstones and the American Book Center. I got carried away in both and ended up with 7 -- that's seven -- books. We need more book cases, although PJ keeps promising to ship some stuff back to his vast storage unit somewhere in North London. The bars were decorated with orange flags; the Dutch were walking around in orange t-shirts; and there was a general air of excitement prior to their opening World Cup match.
However, 20 minutes into the game and the canal is deserted. But when they scored a couple of minutes ago, you could hear the cheers up and down the street and the air horns started honking. Looks like it's going to be a corker of a game.
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How about that for serendipity? I myself was in both the ABC and Waterstone's 'round 14:00 today, sweltering on the top floor of W's and in the basement of the ABC where all the overpriced language teaching books are kept. I made the mistake of trying to head through the Leidseplein on my way home, only to be blockaded by orange revellers drunk with misplaced nationalistic fervour. Baltar!
our house is NOT a storage unit!!
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