Guus Bosman

I left Ettie & Gerben's place around 9:00 o'clock this morning. I didn't have to wait for the bus long. At the train station I realized that I would be a bit early for my appointment with my grandmother, so I skipped a train and had a nice coffee in the station. I bought two Dutch magazines with specials on the American elections: De Groene and Vrij Nederland.

I arrived at my grandmother's place around 10:15 o'clock, and it was very nice to see her. We spent hours drinking coffee and talking. It's wonderful sitting at the table and drinking coffee with somebody you love.

On the way back to Haarlem, a trip of more than two hours, I read the magazines about the upcoming US elections. In both magazines there were references to a journey that Geert Mak, one of my favorite history authors, made through the US in the last months. His impression of the US was rather negative -- an opinion I obviously strongly disagree with. Still I'm looking forward to the book that he will write about his journey as he writes great and is a brilliant observer.