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Sunday, January 5
Finally
some sun after days of rain that turned the south of the Netherlands
and parts of Europe once again into a giant swimming pool.
Sunday, January 12
The
continental highs and good weather continued with even frost during
the day. Since Thursday we were able to skate again. It also gave us
a wonderful opportunity to check out the surroundings, the reedlands
and marches leading to the lake.
Tuesday, January 14
Taking
a walk thru The Hague. A week before the elections the Binnenhof (the
square that forms the heart of the Dutch parliament) is amazingly quiet.
All the politicians are out of town for their once-every-four-years
roundtrip thru the country collecting votes. In a few days it's going
to be a giant circus here, when all the politicians (and media) gather
around the Binnenhof again to form a new coalition government.
End of January
Florence was a breathtaking experience. Never been to a more beautiful
city with such a cultural density on 4 square miles. Wonderful food,
wine and some very relaxed people that know how to celibrate life completed
the picture.
On
our walks thru the city we encountered a bunch of very enthusiastic
volonteers of the Lautari-community, a Tuscan housing and educational
project for the rehabilitation of HIV-infected drugaddicted people 
.
An example for many drugassistance organisations that have a tendency of condoning the use of drugs. An example also for the hedonistic gay community that could do with a bit of their idealism and solidarity.
