dailylife

We walked through Princeton, New Jersey this afternoon. Princeton, famous for its university, is 30 minutes away from Somerset and it's a cute little place with high-end shops and restaurants.

From there we drove to Bridgewater Commons and, after dinner, home. It was very cold today, and I bought a cap for running in this weather.

We arrived around 1.00 am in Somerset last night, after a smooth flight. What a beautiful island Aruba is! Great beach, great weather.

We brought home Dutch cheese, a cheese grater (kaasschaaf) and a sun tint. When we got home we heard from the crew about the foiled attack on an aircraft flying from Amsterdam to Detroit yesterday.

No need for sunblock here but at least it's not snowing.

There are two competing library systems in Somerset: the libraries of Somerset County, and the libraries of Franklin Township. According to the librarian at a Somerset County branch the two split up in the 1970's and went their own ways. Since we live on Pierce Street, in the town of Somerset, we weren't welcome in the Somerset County branch, but tonight we were gracefully accepted by the libraries of Franklin Township.

We went to the main library on DeMott street, in a beautiful new facility which looks like it opened last week. In fact it's been in use for almost five years. We applied for a card and borrowed some books for our vacation.

I love libraries. I browsed through this one and found that there were even some Dutch books on the shelves: three, to be precise. All three translations into Dutch from American and British authors, incidentally.

Dutch collection of the Franklin Township library in Somerset, NJ.

At home I like to walk around in flip-flops. This morning, in a concession to the weather, I put on a sweater and a jacket before going to the leasing office to pick up some coffee. It became clear that wearing flip-flops is not a great idea when the temperature is below freezing, and I made a beautiful slide on the sidewalk in front of our apartment. No damage done, but I did go back and change into shoes.

We had a fun dinner party with the Zanes yesterday; great company and outstanding food.