Melting in dutchieland
Theres a storm coming in ... temperature is insane outside right now but its brewing up for thunder and storming later on. In a way I hope it hits before I'm supposed to leave (coursemates b-day party tonight) cause then I can stay in without feeling bad about it. Everyone else that's going to the party lives in the same house as she does while I live atleast 30-45 minute walk from there... I don't mind walking but I rather not during a storm.
Last night the girl who rents the room I live in got back. Apperantly she thought it OK to knock on my door at 00:15 (are you sleeping? - wtf do you think, the light is off and I'm in bed.....sigh) to ask if she could borrow a pillow... then a few minutes later she burst into the room, not even knocking... and started to rumage through drawers and her closet.. This is not gonna be very fun coming week and a half. I can't wait till I get out of here. From now on I'm gonna lock my door from the inside in the evenings, I don't care if she wants something of hers in here, she can get in during day time...
Anyways.. before my disturbed attempt at trying to sleep ... Frouk and i went out for dinner and a walk in Utrecht. After that we went to the bowling place and met up with my classmates. Six people per lane so a few had to join another lane next to ours. We were 3 people on our side that had never bowled before, a guy that was completely out of controll (bodycontroll, hello? haha) he was great fun to watch tho and he did improve by the end. Then it was me and another girl from my course and we did pretty good. By the second round my thumb was getting sore so I tried my left hand out just 3 times or so.. Third go I did knock down the six middle ones... so I wasn't that bad on the left but switched back to my right either way. By eleven when we were supposed to leave I got to go one last time and decided I'd go lefthanded ...why not, I didn't do any strikes with the right all night anyways so...Imagine my surpise when I - on my fourth try using my left hand do a strike haha. I'm a convert to lefthandism instead I think, atleast for bowling...
Today we had a dutch lunch, everyone brought something (assigned ahead) and then we ate together. Our teacher brought her microwave so she could heat poffertjes for us. I don't know if I'd call it a lunch and my impression is that dutchies eat better than that.. but well..our lunch consisted of sugar, sugar, biscuits, poffertjes, appertaart... sugar.. butter. Sugar. Basically. The only fruit in sight was the mushed apple creem stuff in the appeltaart. It was nice though to try a few things I've never had before, I still say hagel slag (or however its spelled) should go on icecream and nowhere near bread cause thats just weird. The muisjes (rose en witte) is also icecream stuff imo. But it was quite nice on biscuits aswell.
Biked home with a classmate and stopped by the stable to say hi to these two cute little boys...
Tomorrow we have Discover Holland day.. and we're goin to Noord Holland where we'll visit a cheesefarm/cloggfactory and then go to the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen. Looking forward to it alot... and now I also reminded myself that I should charge the batterys for my camera so that I can take loads of really nerdy pictures.
over and out from a melting hot holland
Last night the girl who rents the room I live in got back. Apperantly she thought it OK to knock on my door at 00:15 (are you sleeping? - wtf do you think, the light is off and I'm in bed.....sigh) to ask if she could borrow a pillow... then a few minutes later she burst into the room, not even knocking... and started to rumage through drawers and her closet.. This is not gonna be very fun coming week and a half. I can't wait till I get out of here. From now on I'm gonna lock my door from the inside in the evenings, I don't care if she wants something of hers in here, she can get in during day time...
Anyways.. before my disturbed attempt at trying to sleep ... Frouk and i went out for dinner and a walk in Utrecht. After that we went to the bowling place and met up with my classmates. Six people per lane so a few had to join another lane next to ours. We were 3 people on our side that had never bowled before, a guy that was completely out of controll (bodycontroll, hello? haha) he was great fun to watch tho and he did improve by the end. Then it was me and another girl from my course and we did pretty good. By the second round my thumb was getting sore so I tried my left hand out just 3 times or so.. Third go I did knock down the six middle ones... so I wasn't that bad on the left but switched back to my right either way. By eleven when we were supposed to leave I got to go one last time and decided I'd go lefthanded ...why not, I didn't do any strikes with the right all night anyways so...Imagine my surpise when I - on my fourth try using my left hand do a strike haha. I'm a convert to lefthandism instead I think, atleast for bowling...
Today we had a dutch lunch, everyone brought something (assigned ahead) and then we ate together. Our teacher brought her microwave so she could heat poffertjes for us. I don't know if I'd call it a lunch and my impression is that dutchies eat better than that.. but well..our lunch consisted of sugar, sugar, biscuits, poffertjes, appertaart... sugar.. butter. Sugar. Basically. The only fruit in sight was the mushed apple creem stuff in the appeltaart. It was nice though to try a few things I've never had before, I still say hagel slag (or however its spelled) should go on icecream and nowhere near bread cause thats just weird. The muisjes (rose en witte) is also icecream stuff imo. But it was quite nice on biscuits aswell.
Biked home with a classmate and stopped by the stable to say hi to these two cute little boys...
Tomorrow we have Discover Holland day.. and we're goin to Noord Holland where we'll visit a cheesefarm/cloggfactory and then go to the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen. Looking forward to it alot... and now I also reminded myself that I should charge the batterys for my camera so that I can take loads of really nerdy pictures.
over and out from a melting hot holland
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