Nothing much has happened at all in the past couple of days; at least, nothing much worth recounting. I did some digging and discovered what species the firefly I recently saw belongs to, namely the “grote glimworm” (the common glow-worm), the single most common firefly in the Netherlands and Belgium (there are two other species of firefly here). You can see a picture HERE. That is exactly what I saw.
I also got a flat tyre in the middle of town on Monday and then walked a few kilometres through the scorching sun to my parents, who have a reserve bike. On the way I dropped my bike off in front of a closed bicycle repair store, where I brought it for repair the following day. I intended to pick it up again on Wednesday but apparently the store is closed Wednesday afternoons, so it wasn't until Thursday that I finally go my bike back.
In retrospect it would have been a much better plan to have walked the bike to the train station’s bicycle repair shop, which is open pretty much all the time, and from there taken the bus to my parents. Not only would it have meant I’d get my bike back much sooner, I also would have saved myself the long walk because I was closer to the station than to my parents when I got a flat tyre (it would have saved me a kilometre). Ah well.
Also, on the BBC they have a wonderful slide show with photos of some rare frogs. Very nice pictures.
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