I just got my bike yesterday! Bikes are essential for living in Amsterdam as most people get around by bike. There are only 800,000+ people living in Amsterdam so its actually a pretty small city and the distances you have to travel are actually pretty small. Not only that, there are always bike lanes on the side of the road so it makes it even easier to get around on bike.
Currently, I'm living in a shipping container. if you don't believe me, refer to the picture:
These are shopping containers that have gotten converted into housing apartment.
It looks exactly like that...except I'm in winter at the moment. There isin't the clear blue sky and the grass is not green at all. Everything is pretty much... grey. The buildings are the same though
Before coming, I was really hoping that I wouldn't be put with an American college student who would be full drinker and party-er. Alas, things were not meant to be that way. Well, my housemate (justin) is a bit of a party-er. But it hasn't been bad at all. In fact, we get along decently well. If anything, there is a commonality in that we both play guitar. And it was pleasantly(pleasant is quite a big understatement) surprised when I heard a guitar being played from his room. And it was just any guitar, it was a Taylor 600 series too. Sweet. :)
It's kinda wierd being in a totally different country. It's kinda like I have to reconstruct my life from anew: thinking about how I should spend the (massive amount of) free time I have. Travel? Church? Frisbee? Meeting new people? Not only that, but its made even pronounced since its the first time I'm out of the home. So I did spend a few moment thinking about how I'm going to arrange my room, furnish the apartment as its rather bare at the moment, and also how/when to cook dinners.
Not sure if anyone will read this. But theres a massive cruise ship thats docked right by the water that the shipping containers are at. I was wondering why it was just docked there and nothing seemed to be happening to it. Everytime I walked by it, telling myself I've got to get myself inside that to explore it and also got up on to the top deck.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I just found out on Sunday night, that there are actually students living on that cruise ship! How awesome is that?!
Well apparently, not at all. The cabins are small as, and the windows are even smaller. So yea, as cool as it might seem to be, it is not.