A walk in the forest

The weather has been glorious, so we decided to take Buddy out for a walk in the woods. For many reasons Haarlem is a great place. Not only is it a charming city just 20 minutes from Amsterdam but only 15 minutes from both the sea and the forest. It’s not a forest in Swedish terms, more like a very large, wild park, but for the Dutch I suppose it’s close enough. Next to it is an old-style pancake house which we dropped into when our extremities were turning blue of cold.  A couple of hours later we were back at home, frozen but in good spirits. We sat down to watch the Assassination of Jesse James after which I tucked into a couple of slices of old pizza as my dinner and then slipped into a hot bath which Reinout had prepared. I have now finished my book which I have been mentally chained to for the last couple of weeks (the girl with the dragon tattoo). In fact it has been recently been made into a feature film and will premier in February, 2009. Something I shall look out for…

Reinout couldn’t stay away from his emails

Playtime

It was freezing cold, but I managed to close one button on my old jacket