Big thanks to the roommate, who alerted me this morning to this article in the NY Times. The Canals have frozen! The Dutch are skating! I lived for an extremely brief period of time in South Holland. At first it was cold, wet, windy and wonderful. Then it was cloudy, wet, windy, temperate and tulipy. But never cold enough until this year. Not since 1997 have flocks of Dutch been able to skate from Gouda (town with cheese and yummy syrup waffles) to Utrecht (town with lowered canals and a tall (for the Netherlands) church tower). But this year Europe is freezing, and the canals in South Holland are finally freezing as well. I wish I were there, freezing and skating with them. I'll just salivate over the pictures.
Friday, January 16, 2009
The Canals Are Frozen!!!!
Big thanks to the roommate, who alerted me this morning to this article in the NY Times. The Canals have frozen! The Dutch are skating! I lived for an extremely brief period of time in South Holland. At first it was cold, wet, windy and wonderful. Then it was cloudy, wet, windy, temperate and tulipy. But never cold enough until this year. Not since 1997 have flocks of Dutch been able to skate from Gouda (town with cheese and yummy syrup waffles) to Utrecht (town with lowered canals and a tall (for the Netherlands) church tower). But this year Europe is freezing, and the canals in South Holland are finally freezing as well. I wish I were there, freezing and skating with them. I'll just salivate over the pictures.
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