George W. Bush chose to honour the Netherlands - well, the southern most tip of the country - with his presence, in memorial of fallen American soldiers in World War II. Crass: at the same time, more American soldiers die in Iraq where they should never have been.

From Amsterdam, the Young Greens and many other organisations kindly requested him to please fork off. The demonstration counted some 8000 people, of which I was one. Mind you, I couldn't participate in the march of protest as I would watch our belongings. I stood on a vacated square for 2.5 hours in hard wind and rain until my fellow Greens came back. In the evening I was supposed to see a Russian play in Germany in which my father played. I was late. Pity, because I prefer a bit of Russian culture over American shyte.