Walking in the rain

Posted by: fracas on February 26 @ 10:32 pm

I went out today for a long walk with Sebastian. My 6 km running route became my walking route instead. It will probably be another week before I attempt to start running, and starting with long power walks is a good way to ease myself into a fitness regime. It was raining this evening, and dusk was setting in whilst I made my way through town. At a certain point there was a roadblock and I turned a sharp corner into the older quarters of town. 2 minutes later I found myself in the Red Light District of Haarlem. It’s really small, nothing compared to Amsterdam, but it appeared to be a busy evening because several women were in their windows and others had their curtains closed. I saw a few clients shuffling between different windows and a larger entrance which I presumed to be a brothel of some sort. Most of them were looking away, or focusing on some invisible moving target in the pavement. It’s different in Amsterdam where most of them appears proud of their quests. But Haarlem is a rather provincial town and perhaps they just don’t want to get caught red handed.

One and a half hour later I was back wet and cold. The coldness still hasn’t left and I just took a shower to escape it. Perhaps I just need a good nights sleep…