Anyone who has moved long distances knows that there are ups and downs while trying to adjust to the new place. Overall things are great but there are always bumps in the road. My bumps in the road this week were:
1) Some guy running me off the road on my bike - and then blaming me when his (actually his friend's) car had a small scratch - no worries, I wasn't hurt and the police were serious underwhelmed by his complaints about the scratch.
2) Ongoing delays in the temporary resident permit application (sigh)
I think these bumps in the road were more than mitigated by the good stuff though:
1) Bike ride trip to the beach (and Kyle finding a Lindt chocolate store - note the strawberry cream Lindt ball, not available in North America as far as I'm aware)
3) Trip to Leiden (a university town 25 km away) - it has been a university town since 1575, seeing windmills/canals, old millstones and our very first castle on this trip...(more of a fort on a hill really, but built in approximately 1200 AD)
1) Some guy running me off the road on my bike - and then blaming me when his (actually his friend's) car had a small scratch - no worries, I wasn't hurt and the police were serious underwhelmed by his complaints about the scratch.
2) Ongoing delays in the temporary resident permit application (sigh)
I think these bumps in the road were more than mitigated by the good stuff though:
1) Bike ride trip to the beach (and Kyle finding a Lindt chocolate store - note the strawberry cream Lindt ball, not available in North America as far as I'm aware)
2) Walks to random places past beautiful scenery
4) Trying delicious Dutch treats - Cocos balls and Pannekoeken!!
5 comments:
Love your posts! What are you dong in Holland?! We have some friends living there for a few years. If you ever run into Dan and Heather Moore you can celebrate together as fellow Calgarians! :)
Ups definitely outweigh the downs. Glad you were not hurt from the bike accident and the pictures are great!
Loving the posts - glad to know Kyle extracted his head from the window slit...the treats look delicious and the scenery gorgeous! Love you both!
Looks beautiful! (And delicious, I think you are right about the strawberry Lindt, sounds yummy.)
She blogs! Joanne is a blogger!! Can't wait to read these posts for the next few months. Visiting and living in a foreign country is definitely a transition. Or so I've heard from friends...I don't count the U.S. as a foreign country!
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