Walking around at night in Amsterdam you appreciate the enormous windows on the front of every building. You can see inside most of them, and see Dutch people eating their dinner, or reading a book on the sofa. Someone told me that the reason they have no curtains on their windows is religious and/or cultural: they are not doing anything that they are ashamed to have the whole world see. I wonder too, if this Dutch tendency is why the prostitutes in the red light district also stand in windows.

I went to a great party last night (Thanks Liz!) where I watched the end of the Netherlands-Sweden soccer game. It was a great match, if you didn't see it, it went into overtime and was won by the Netherlands in penalty goals. I sound here as if I know something about sports. I don't.

LINK | 2:18 PM | TB

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