Wednesday, 7 July 2010

by the skin of my tooth

Hoorah! It is saved! Turns out part of the tooth remnant had cracked and was creaking (agonisingly) each time it was touched. So the tooth can be restored with a crown. Today a temporary filling was emplaced, leaving me with that familiar funny taste and smell in my mouth, but allowing me to eat normally, and more importantly, tide me over our upcoming 3 day sojourn in Amsterdam. We leave tomorrow.

We have done Amsterdam a couple of times, and seen all the big things, so this time we shall have a day out in the Hague, checking its famous museum and many medieval houses. Back in Amsterdam I suppose we could also see Anne Frank's house, which is only just down the road from our hotel, and somewhere I haven't previously visited. I will not stand in a queue for hours, however, so it may not happen. For reasons that remain obscure to me, her story has become one of the most celebrated of the 20th century, and she has become a deathless icon of unfulfilled potential.
Oh, maybe that's the reason...

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