In Haarlem

First, some preliminaries: the downside to being able to check in early at the hotel is that I was given the single room on the fourth floor which no one had stayed in the night before (which equals the fifth floor in the U.S., as the main floor doesn't count as the first floor.) There is no elevator in the hotel, only a narrow, steep and sharply winding staircase. The good news, when I'm able to catch my breath, I have a decent view from my window:


It was in the mid-fifties today and sunny. A light chilly breeze could catch you in the shade, but the sunshine felt good.