Well, they did say the weather was going to be changeable today. I cycled into work through the pouring rain this morning. I stopped in the park to put on my weatherproof trousers, but they turned out, as I already knew, not all weather proof. Not proof against real rain, for example. Shortly afterwards I ended up taking shelter for a few minutes, but I could already feel the water coming through around the knees and some other areas.
Shortly after I reached the office, as I sat at my desk, finding out just how wet I got, I looked out the window and saw blue skies and the sun shining. Then I got a rainbow, a nice shower, another rainbow, and then solid grey skies and another shower. Meanwhile, I was slowly drying up, but it took quite a few hours. I was alright for much of the time, or rather as long as I remained sitting down, but getting up and sitting down again made me realize it takes a long time for jeans to dry.
What I also noticed along the way was the Paradiso Fringe. When did Paradiso get a fringe? I like that idea. When I checked later I saw that there is a fringe festival starting here in Amsterdam tonight.
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