the world has turned and left me here

power thief

Just when I found the most symbolic and all-summarizing sight in Amsterdam, my camera ran out of power. One hour to departure so I didn't have time to go back to the city. Had to find an outlet somewhere in the train station. You have no idea how hard it is to find an outlet in a public place until you've tried. They are extremely careful not to make any available. Found some in a CD store, but had to ask the dude behind the counter and got denied. Eventually I plugged in behind a snack food stand, using the last free outlet on a four-outlet strip (how careless of them!). Ran the cable down my leg. Drank a bottle of water, looked out the window, tried to be as non-chalant as possible. Got away with it. Hope the picture was worth the trouble.