As someone who, up until now, has only dealt with American banks, I was somewhat excited about the prospect of a completely different banking experiance. Confusion is part of dealing with any new bank, especially in a new country, so I wasn’t expecting everything to be smooth sailing. What I got, though, was [...]
The unusually beautiful weather here was already starting to change, so we decided to go check out the nearby beach (and town) of Zaandvoort. Of course, it’s October here, and the beach is on the cold North Sea, so we weren’t expecting to surf and sunbathe.
Apparantly we arrived on race day. Well, “qualifying [...]
I thought I’d lay out what my days are like so everyone can get a little taste of European life. Your results may vary.
Wednesdays are my crazy day, because I have two rather intense classes to get to which are on opposide ends of town.
At around 7-8am I get up, take a shower in [...]
Just a quick random rant.
I go down to the lobby of my faculty (department, really) to purchase a reader for one of my classes. It’s five euro, which is pretty nice. Only thing is, they don’t take money. All I have is a twenty, and they can’t break it. No big [...]
We’re settling in at our new place, the sink is slowly dissapating, and we’re getting more used to living in amsterdam. We’re figuring out the grocery stores and cafes, and are re-figuring out how to get about town.
This was made easier by my rental of a bicycle, which I succeeded in obtaining at the drawing. [...]
Well, we’re getting there. I’m not sure where there is, but we’ve got to be getting closer to it. Yesterday we moved into our apartment, way on the other side of town. It was supposed to be cleaned for us, but it wasn’t. So today we need to find a store with cleaning supplies and [...]