A foggy day............

Good morning people!

Nothings as frustrating as a slow dailup-type internet connection to start your day.

It's February 14, Valentine's Day. My sister's 52th birthday.

It's a bit dreary outside, typical for this time of year here in the old country.
I've been watching the construction going on outside my window here. My sister lives in a cement box of an apartment building, she is 5 floors up, and has a corner unit, so you can pretty much have a 380 degree view of the neighborhood, and on a clear day, much much further...

Two years ago her building was the only one in this area, now they are building many many new buildings all around her, including a huge shopping mall, a soccer stadium, and many new homes and apartments. The train to downtown The Hague stops 100 yards from her doorstep, as do the local transportation of tram and bus. Extremely convenient.
But then public transportation in Holland has always been geared to foot traffic, even though in the past 20 years everyone pretty much drives a car now.
Still, very handy to just hop on the train. Especially for those of us who are not used to driving in this insane traffic.

It's truly fascinating to watch the huge cranes haul up entire pieces of wall and put the buildings together like a huge jig saw puzzle.

They don't build stuff like we do in the States. Everything is prefab or cement/concrete.
Most buildings have deep pilings jammed a few hundred yards into the ground, because everything is built here on sand and wet earth.

Our plans for today are shopping, eating, talking,laughing, oh...wait! We did that yesterday! Well, we're gonna just do it again! Haha!!
She is going to drive me through town and show me all the new sites. Tonight we'll celebrate her birthday, with friends coming over, as well as our parents, her son and his family.

Can't wait!

Well, I hear the car keys jiggle, guess it's time to vamoose.

Have a super day y'all!

SGMKJ!