In Brief:
- I spent the entire day with Joris. He downloaded his favorite Brazilian, Italian, and Spanish pop and rock songs and I worked on project details. He was still officially locked out as he couldn't find his mother to let her know that he needed to be let in and by the time that the both of us got up this morning, the Jewish man in their building who has a copy, was already at work.

- We had lunch around 3, splitting a not-so-great frozen pizza from the corner store (the cheapest one, we should have gone to Aldi) and I introduced Joris to the delicious snack of Bacon and swiss Tiger Nuts. (I was going to find a link, but I can't seem to find one)

- When it was close to time to pick up Eva, I was just out of the shower and decided I'd meet her on the street. (she had called and knew I was in the shower and therefore didn't expect me) I love spying on her when she's walking down the sidewalk, listening to her music and completely unaware that I'm watching her. I suppose it might be considered a bit creepy if she wasn't my girlfriend, but it's still fun!

- Since Joris was around, we didn't know what to make for dinner. I suggested that we make hamburgers, buying our baguette and fresh-ground-beef from the Turkish market on the corner. If anyone is leery of meat quality, it's me. But now for 3 months I've been trying to convince her that she should try their ground beef. It's dark red and looks like good quality. Besides, we like the lady that runs the store and the place is spotless.

- Eva still wasn't convinced. The same girl who ate meat of all types under varying degrees of freshness and/or quality when she lived in Paraguay. Me, the one rooting for it, the same girl who didn't eat ground beef for several years because she couldn't handle those little round hard bone-like bits or the squirrelly little fat balls.

- We bought 300g and headed home. While Joris continued to download music, Eva relaxed in front of the TV, I made dinner for the 3 of us. Heleen had called in the meantime and had we known before, I would have made dinner for the 4 of us. I made hamburgers with melted ementall, pan-grilled red peppers, beef-patty with garlic, and then included a slice of avocado. Yum! The bread was a bit hard, but I had toasted it...but Eva and I were both won over by the meat.

- Joris goes home after dinner to get the key and then returns to finish up his downloading and tells us the story about their mother. (ask Eva) He soon maxes out the hard-drive space on the computer and retires back to his apartment. Eva and I hang out a bit longer with Heleen who leaves with her spaghetti-loving friend who has known her since they were three.

IN THE NEWS:
At least 15 people were killed and about 40 were wounded today in a suicide bombing on board a bus in Haifa in northern Israel, the police said. Nine of the bombing victims were under 18 and at least two passengers killed were Arabs.