Heat Wave

This weekend was uncomfortably hot.  Being Australian I'm ashamed to admit this, but the 35 degree days were so unexpected.  Even at midnight it was high twenties, which makes it very difficult to sleep in our apartment with its small double-glazed windows and lack of ceiling fans.

It was, however, beautiful weather to go to the beach.  I went to Muiden with some friends from church, where we went by boat to an island out in the IJmeer.  Muiden itself was a cute little town on the water's edge, where lots of people were having morning coffee at the cafes.  It was very sleepy though, and you would have to be very patient to live there because the main road had a swing bridge on it which would open up to let boats through, meaning that everyone with their cars and bikes just had to wait for 10 minutes until the bridge closed again.

On the island, it was no beach by any Australian standards, but it was really nice to be near the water, play football, swim and barbecue.  The area was packed with boats, from small dinghies to larger tourist cruise boats, and many sailing boats.  Everyone was relaxing and enjoying the sun, because despite its heat there are not many opportunities to do so in Holland. The sun was scorching, and there was a lot of very sunburnt guys that evening

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