March 9th, 2014

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Sunday March 9. A new record

Sunday, March 9th, 2014

Today the warmest March 9 day ever is expected to break the 1977 record, with 20 degrees centigrade (68 F). Yesterday everyone with a cabriolet was on the road with the top down. Corrine my granddaughter and her husband Euan are visiting Amsterdam for the weekend, from their base in Louvain, Belgium,  with Stadium High School friends Ariel and Jonathan. We had dinner together in a busy shopping district of Amsterdam and all the sidewalk cafes were filled. The Dutch word for Spring is Lente, and appropriately so with the beginning of the 40 days of the Lenten season. The crocuses are in full bloom, next the hyacinths, daffodils and finally the tulips before I depart on April 3rd. This will be my last opportunity to show the Dutch bulb fields for a while.

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L.R. Ariel, Jonathan, Euan, Corrine at "Braque" on the Albert Cuypstraat

L.R. Ariel, Jonathan, Euan, Corrine at “Braque” on the Albert Cuypstraat