The city is also preparing for Christmas. Fairy lights adorn the bare branches of the trees lining some canals :
These two pix of the fairy lights are not quite the same!
This is the canal at the end of my street.
I am continually aware of how lucky I am to live in this location. It is always alive, and happily I love talking to the tourists (wonderful excuse to practise my languages!).
Yesterday in the midst of many rainy days, we had a stretch of sunshine; so not only did I sit on a bench outside a small cafe and drink a cappuchino, I also walked along the Stadhouderskade near the Rijksmuseum, and took some photos.
Five minutes' walk from my house.
Almost rus in urbe... what the Romans longed for: the countryside plus the city, all combined.
But I do notice the air pollution.
Happily, there are still cheerful water fowl; my friend Jenny thinks these are coots (as opposed to moorhens, which have red on their beaks):
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