Monday, January 9, 2012

Adventures in Leiden

After a weekend of adventuring (aka getting lost and finding my way again), I can safely say the Netherlands is beautiful...and flat. Flat. Flat. Like nothing. Farms are everywhere (so are windmills!). Then, in the city, you see some breathtaking architecture, including the building I live in. It is so large and rustic, and smells like my grandma's old apartment building (Hamilton House, anyone?). A poem is painted winding up the staircase. There is a color on my wall. This is definitely not Binghamton.
Enjoy some pictures, as I can't accurately describe what I'm seeing:

the start of the poem

the staircase


the poem winding up the staircase

my room

a floating house

windmill!

a mcdonalds...right next to a pannenkoekenhuis

view off a bridge

large church that play Christmas carols with the bells every half hour

the building next to mine

Tot zo,

Flat Julia
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3 comments:

  1. catherineeeeeeJanuary 9, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    1) love your room. its so cute and cozy!
    2) the netherlands looks beautiful
    3) maybe once you become fluent in dutch you can translate the poem!
    4) i miss you. but im glad you're having fun :)

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  2. JaniceJanuary 9, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    Assuming a pannenkoekenhuis is a pancake house??
    And your room looks much better than on skype!!!

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  3. Flat JuliaJanuary 10, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    catherine, i love you, but the the poem's in english ;)

    and yes, pannenkoekenhuis is a pancake house

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