Last Minute Hero

                             

                                           Meet Durak

I was not in the mood for people, i was in the hunt for a quite coffee shop with a TV to watch the football. I stumbled across Barraka, it was smallish with animals all over and a little TV upstairs.

The room was empty except for Durak who as it turned out would be my football friend and general pain in the arse for the next two hours. As you would imagine for a cat that lived in a coffee shop he was super chilled and friendly, but had perfect timing and knew just the right moment to step in front of the screen.

The game was good, it was between Switzerland and Turkey, Turkey won, it was decided in the 91th minute by a deflected shot from Turan(the turkish striker), Durak seem very unimpressed by the dramatic ending to the game.

I was happy, I gathered up my goodies and headed downstairs.............

As i was saying my goodbyes to Steph behind the bar, in walked a guy who ordered some weed and coffee, then turned to me stuck out his hand and introduced himself.

                        Meet Dan from Perth, Australia  

Dan is doing a tour of europe with his mother. Now i know that sounds a little sad, but once you have all the facts its not. He and his mother both live in Australia, 1000km apart, so he doesn't see her much. Its her 70th birthday and as she has never been to Europe, he decided to treat her.

And to be honest Amsterdam is just what he needs, his wife left him and the two kids a year ago, so now he does the single father thing while holding down a job as a health and safety officer. This story may sound a little sad, but i can tell you i enjoyed my chat with Dan and in spite of all he remains a happy guy.

As he headed out the door i helped him out with directions to the red light district and i hope my last minute hero had a good time and snuck back into his twin hotel room with mummy with a smile on his face.