Except that it’s not quite as lovely anymore. Temperatures have been well over 30°C for several days now, with nights not really cooling off. I mean, I like sunshine and warmth – but this heat just totally immobilizes you. Even sitting makes you sweat, not to speak of leaving the house and cycling into town. We always close all windows and shutters around 8.30 in the morning, to keep the (relative) cool in – and then we settle down with lots of water and the occasional cold foot bath.

Feels paradox to be cooped up inside instead of going to the open-air pool or sitting at the Rhine, but there’s too much that I have to do. The deadline for my last anthropology paper has been pushed forward to July 19, because that’s when the prof leaves town. Not quite sure that I can make it – 25 pages in English, and I only got the books I need to use this afternoon – but I’ll try. Wish me luck – and a cool brain… 🙂