Enjoying the Afterglow in Amsterdam

Afterglow (noun)
– Light or radiance remaining in the sky after the sun has set. (Oxford dictionaries)
– Sense of fulfillment, completeness, and general wellbeing that one feels after the effects of a psychoactive drug have faded. (Urban dictionary)
– The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience. (Wiktionary)

Amsterdam is a city of many facets. It literally offers all the kinds of afterglow mentioned above.

Whatever one’s pleasure, the canals offer something for everyone. Just catching sight of the dusk reflecting on them is enough to give me a high.

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The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
– Francis William Bourdillon

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Are They Going Up or Down?

Ascend Or Descend?

Lone Swimmer in the City

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Raindrops on the Windshield

The rain song on the rooftop
It was like a lullaby
Reminding me of home
The warmth of my mother’s hug
The safety of a blanket

Raindrops on the windshield
Scattering the light
Reminding everyone of home
The safety of a blanket
Soemone waiting for a mother’s hug

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Where Do the Children Play?

Well you’ve cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air.
Will you keep on building higher
’til there’s no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

I know we’ve come a long way,
We’re changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?
– Cat Stevens, “Where Do the Children Play?”

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The House in the Middle of the Lake

Lake Kawaguchiko, near Tokyo, Japan.

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