Announcement

I can now with almost complete certainty say when I will set foot in France: this will happen in the evening of January 23th, a Monday, after which I will enter the Netherlands by way of Belgium (what better way could I wish?).

One week later, on the 30th, UC classes will start.

This means I will move from Amsterdam to Utrecht sometime in between: when exactly depends entirely on how quickly I can mount the energy to unpack, tell stories and play games with The Parents&the Little Big Brother, pack again and make for the feestgedruis that are UC and more dispersed friends. Add to this that I might want to see J. in private first, and...

we zien wel hoe het loopt!

Did I mention...

Did I already mention that here in Exeter the sun is shining with all its might? No snow, no hail, no cold?

Did I already mention that I just learned a new word for hail, being 'sleet'?

Did I already mention that our cottage in Seaton this week was simply perfect? Both the living-room and our bedroom looked out over sea. The living-room was furnished with soft carpet, very suitable to sit on and unpack kerstpaketten and spaceous enough not to have to clean up the mess you made in doing so, either because your parents tell you to or because you keep tripping over them. And finally - let's call it the klap op de vuurpijl for the occasion - the cottage had mengkranen (mixer taps)! It must have been more than three months since I saw a real mengkraan! How I love them! You can do things under them! Like washing your hands, doing the dishes, and probably much more which I forgot during three very cold and very hot months of deprivation.

(I must admit that one advantage of having two separate taps is that you don't have to wait for the water to run cold when making a glass of lemonade...)