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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

we're back after a whole day in amsterdam and i'll expand on that in the next entry perhaps, this is just a quick one to say hi to everyone who's reading and to show off how i have survived like a cockroach in insane temperatures.
my best friend, Google, had just revealed that the temperatures in amsterdam AND den bosch, the town we're staying in are both between -2 and -4 deg celcius.
for the unimaginative, this isn't the kind of weather you want to trifle with and since i have lived to report the meteorological happenings in this part of the world, i will never ever whine 'soooo cooold' in the way i know sam and ming are imagining right now, when i come back. IF i make it back. yes, it's that bad.
and since someone is still hogging the shower, here's a little about den bosch.
the town is an hour's train ride away from amsterdam and a 4 hour drive away from paris. comparatively speaking, if paris is the kind of place that makes you want to feel fabulous and have torrid, heart wrenching, passionate affairs with scruffy tortured artist types then den bosch is the kind of place that just makes you happy and comfortable and really upbeat [despite how i look in pictures]. everyone greets everyone in lifts, something which i really like; even though in the mornings i feel more sociopathic than care bear. everywhere is accessible by foot or bicycle and the buildings are cute; low, squat, solid fellows but if i make it seem a bit enid blyton-ish then its my mistake because its anything but. there is a h&m and zara and plenty of little shops that i regrettably might not get the chance to explore.
ok finally i can shower and have to wash my socks. no need to tell me how glamourous it all is.

by P at 10:36 PM |