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Peaking through the iron curtain
Amsterdam was good. It was good to walk past coffeeshops, it was good to do a long run in a new city for the first time and it was really good to meet more people from IDEA.Until very recently I had no knowledge of Eastern Europe, but I did have preconceptions. Oh boy did I have preconceptions. Everywhere was cold, the people were unfriendly, the food was inedible and the shops were empty.
Hmmm. Not so much. Thanks to IDEA I’ve now met people from Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania and Bosnia. And can I just publicly say, sorry. I had no idea. I was completely wrong.
I blame TV. Well it’s easier than blaming myself.