Yesterday I showed we are having an official heatwave here in Holland with temperatures in the 30’s (90’s if you’re from the US). We should not complain about it since we normally do not have such nice weather in Holland. Unfortunately this extreme weather also has it’s downsides: for the first time in it’s 90 year history the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse (the International Four Days Marches of Nijmegen) had to be cancelled, after three two people died yesterday and many others had to be treated for heat related problems. Only one time before did people die: in 1972, when there where two casulties. The only other time the event was cancelled was during the Second World War, so that kind of tells you how much of a tradition it has become.
Yesterday, while I was driving to work, I heard one participant being interviewed on the radio: he was 86 years old and this would have been his 55th time to compete in the “Vierdaagse”. According to him he had walked the Vierdaagse under much extremer circumstances and he didn’t care that much about the heat, he said.
Oh well, to end on a lighter note: I’m going to enjoy a nice BBQ tonight at my ex-collegues house. He is preparing the BBQ together with his girlfriend and I’m ready to taste my favorite BBQ dish: spare-ribs. Yummie!