Margot's Blog: Another visit to the Netherlands

I went to the Netherlands again. I did the usual thing: set up base camp at my mother's, and from there visit some other people. I didn't stay very long as when I booked it, I knew term would be imminent and I might not feel comfortable staying away long. But a short visit is nice too.

So what were the noteworthy things? I went for two nice long runs. I tripped over a tree root on one of the runs. I had a beer in the garden with my mother. It took me two hours to get from my mother to my sister thanks to some distracted person who drove a lorry into a railway viaduct and stopped all train traffic. I had pizza on the moors with my sister's family, in the setting sun. I spent the night in my niece's bunkbed (with her approval, of course). A discussion with my sister was fortuitously lengthened by misremembered train details. I had my chafed knee expertly cleaned by a lick-prone dog. I sauntered through downtown Hoorn with Monique, who doesn't go there as often as seems a good idea. We got mistaken for a lesbian couple (has to happen every time!). I got tucked in by my own mother twice.

It was a good visit! Should book the next one soon...