It's supposed to be even worse tomorrow . . . ugh.
We've got it now on the southwest coast of Washington and it hit 80 degrees today. It's like living on Venus. Hopefully the offshore breezes will be back tomorrow to blow it back to Portland and Seattle.
Amsterdam, "Magere Brug" or literally translated as "Skinny Bridge".
A story told to tourists about the origins of the 1691 version of the bridge is that it was built by two wealthy sisters who lived on opposite sides of the Amstel river and wanted to be able to visit one another every day (and were too lazy to go the long way round via another bridge). The sisters, although wealthy, were not wealthy enough to afford a bridge of adequate width for general use and so built a very narrow bridge, hence its name.
Where have you been friend?
