A letter to a friend
Hey my great Israeli friend.. 
How are you doing - long time no speak.. Are you getting used to normal life again? How about jobs, wives and other things we tend to take so seriously? Sometimes I am having a hard time with that.. Looking for jobs can be boring and sitting around makes me lazy.. Some days it is worse than others but today is 'one of those days'. I am a bit hung over from the Friday-night-beers and the fog in my head makes me think sad thoughts. Funny how sometimes it does not help that the fresh morning sun peaks through my small window overlooking the grass and trees outside. Even the birds sing a happy song this warm winter morning. Usually that makes me feel a lot better..
For the rest things are quite OK here in measly little Holland.. The south dresses up for a party called "carnaval" these days - funny to see all those people acting weird (dressing up, getting really drunk) for four days and then returning to their 'masked state' for the rest of the year.. How does that work? Can't you just be your weird self for the rest of the year too? I have wondered about that for long now. Is it just something I do not understand? Can it be that I am missing the clue here? I just sit and observe and keep wondering.. Especially now, when new people I meet and like very much seem to enjoy it a lot.
I hope you are doing OK - and I hope I am still welcome to visit you someday. Because if I can I will...
I visited Mattijs last week. Mattijs is the Dutch doctor with whom I walked the Annapurna, remember? That was GREAT - it is like meeting an old friend with whom you go back a LONG time. Good feelings. It made me want to visit you again too, although the chances of us meeting are quite slim at the moment..
Who knows - maybe I will pack my things this summer and decide to go to your country.. And the other way around: just know you always have a door to knock on (mine) when you come to The Netherlands someday...
Any day...
Take care..
Joost.
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