{"id":8404,"date":"2013-10-02T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T13:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2013-10-02T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T13:09:58","slug":"wednesday-night-twelve-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2013\/10\/02\/wednesday-night-twelve-below\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday night &#8211; twelve below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s twelve below zero here.. and I don&#8217;t mean temperature.. I learned today in one of my meetings that parts of the city of delft are as much as 12 meters below sea level. Many parts of this country are built on land reclaimed from the sea. They call it Polder.. they surround soem of the sea with dykes, pump out the water and then plant and build on it. You just have to keep pumping. The water engineering in this country is amazing.. and water is everywhere. It&#8217;s really beautiful<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_5057\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5057.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the toilets are amazing.. they have little golf courses in them to um.. help one aim..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8406\" alt=\"IMG_5039\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5039.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5039.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5039.jpg 216w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5039.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8407\" alt=\"IMG_5040\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5040.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5040.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5040.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5040.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I took a short walk around town tonight with my friend Toine from TU Delft.. it&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 such a nice place.. <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8408\" alt=\"IMG_5042\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5042.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5042.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5042.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5042.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this is right in front of my hotel <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8409\" alt=\"IMG_5044\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>my room opens on to this road.. <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8410\" alt=\"IMG_5046\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5046.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5046.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5046.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5046.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8411\" alt=\"IMG_5047\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5047.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5047.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5047.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5047.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8412\" alt=\"IMG_5049\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5049.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5049.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5049.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5049.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Toine and I had\u00a0 a really great conversation over Indonesian reistafel.. It was seriously one of the best restaurant\u00a0 meals\u00a0 i&#8217;ve had in many\u00a0 months\u00a0 (cant say the best meals overall because Diane sets a really high bar with her cooking \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8413\" alt=\"IMG_5051\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5051.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5051.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5051.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5051.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THe woan who cooked htere gave me soem of her home made sambal to take back to the hotel.. yum !<a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8414\" alt=\"IMG_5052\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5052.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5052.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5052.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5052.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8415\" alt=\"IMG_5053\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5053.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5053.jpg 700w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5053.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5053.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK.. time for a few more calls, then bed.. more tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s twelve below zero here.. and I don&#8217;t mean temperature.. I learned today in one of my meetings that parts of the city of delft are as much as 12 meters below sea level. Many parts of this country are built on land reclaimed from the sea. They call it Polder.. they surround soem of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2013\/10\/02\/wednesday-night-twelve-below\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday night &#8211; twelve below<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-twelve-below"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8418,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions\/8418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}