Good news! as of this week I have a room for 2 nights per week in Rotterdam, just behind city hall and close to ‘de meent’ (pictures wil follow shortly). Can’t think of a better location to be honest. I’ll spend 2 nights there to avoid going back and forth from Deventer which turns out to be quite stressfull. This ought to make life somewhat easier for both Eva and me: I’ll avoid travell and Eva will be able to get into a more relaxed routine.
Yesterday we all went to IKEA to get some furniture for the room. Since I won’t be living there full-time we tried to pay due attention to pricing and still get nice stuff for my room. All in all I think we did a good job, we got a bed, cupboard, a really nice desk, curtains and some lamps for a fairly good price. These things always tend to cost more than we can affort (especially when I’m shopping, I tend to have an expensive taste) but this time we managed to avoid disaster. Yay 
Things will be deliverd on September 2. I also have to teach that day in Utrecht but thankfully Jos will help out if necessary (thanks buddy, owe you one!).
Yesterday evening I almost found perfect happiness. I was sitting out in the garden with our round iron stove. I had a pretty good fire going with some old waste from our garden and plenty of wood that we bought elsewhere. I also had a really nice whisky (Bruichladdich 3d3) some nuts, just enough light to read from a candel and a great book bridge. The only thing missing was Eva, who was out to watch a movie at Annemarie’s. Oh well, next time.
Finally some cycling news: today I made another trip crossing the Holterberg. I made it all the way without having to pause half way. Unfortunately I had some headwind on the way back which kept my average rather low… Better luck next time. One of these weeks I want to attempt biking all the way to Tilburg!