Getting into the routine of things

My first week in Amsterdam wasn't actually particularly exciting. I know that some of the people I've met have been going out every single night since they'd arrived over here. I haven't really been doing that since its not particularly my thing. I've spent a bit of time in my room. However, I don't have computer, nor do I have my guitar here which is probably what I'd be doing if I were back in Sydney. So i've literally been left with nothing much to do in my apartment. Awww poor me.

The funny thing is that the lack of things to do wasn't exactly boring, nor did I actually feel really lonely or sad. With the way things are usually so busy back at home, the boredom was actually a welcome change. Boredom isin't even the right word since it didn't even feel that way.

But in any case, I've started to get more into the routine of things.

On Tuesday night, I went to play ultimate frisbee with NUTS, the student ultimate team in Amsterdam. We were playing outdoors... At first, it was really cold. I had a thermal with a T-shirt on top and wearing trackies. The most important thing was taking extra care when you catch the disc when your hands are cold. Cos it can really hurt if you catch it badly. There was a lot of new people so the standard of play wasn't that high. However, the Dutch guys on the team play with another mens team, the Cambo cakes. Cambo cakes train on Monday and Thursday nights so I'm probably going to join them for practices. hopefully I'll be able to make the team to go for some tourneys.

I've got classes on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings til 1pm. Probably one of the worst schedules to have while your on exchange and want to go travelling. However, I'm not really planning on doing that much travelling so its all good. The first week of classes was incredibly boring. We never went into the course content since it was the first course. And its even worse over here cos my classes go for 3 or 4 hours at a time. There are breaks but nearing the end, its pretty hard to pay attention. The second week has just finished and classes were way more interesting.