July 17, 2019

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We had our breakfast in the backyard this morning, having a nice chat with Richte our host. He’s an independent green energy consultant, specializing in solar. He’s very knowledgeable and has some pretty rational ideas about the topic as well as politics. Then we headed off to the PSV fan day to take a tour of the stadium and museum. Lots of people and they’re quite fanatic about their team. PSV have won 22 national championships, a European Cup and a UEFA Cup. The stadium features electronic and lighting features supported by Philips, still its major sponsor. We ended the day with dinner at my sister Annemie’s place.

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Photos

Players’ seating area
Heated seats to prevent cooling off.

Home team’s dressing room.
Mind games: home team has soft lighting and 11 shower stalls; visitor team has very bright lighting and only 10 shower stalls (a soccer team has 11 players).

Gorgeous Alpha Romeo on display.
Players can afford this.