Rotterdam:
Seeing the entire city while sitting on the back of Willem's bike. Going fast, through parks, by lakes, over bridges, big streets, so close to the trams that I could stick my foot out and touch them if I wanted to.
- Being introduced to the classic Dutch food, bread with chocolate sprinkles on top.
- Spending days by the lake, in the sunshine.
- Endless feasts, numerous dance parties.
- Motel Mozaique...seeing Grampall Jookabox, Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele, Fever Ray and dancing like an absolute crazy person at The Whitest Boy Alive. AMAZING.
- Bike rides on my own (actually, Daan's) bike, which had no pedals, but I have picked up biking skills from those crazy Dutch.
Delft:
- Easter monday picnic in the park, by a lake. Lotsa good food, playing in the sun, feet in the water.
- Rooftop barbeque!
- Biking 40km one day with Jenny and Bob, to see all the tulip fields in bloom.
- Hanging out in the chauffeurs cafe in the Keukenhof gardens...we were too poor to pay the steep entrance price, so we just had coffee with the bus drivers instead.
- Big potluck with friends and other couchsurfers...italian pasta, malaysian chicken, japanese curry...ALL eaten with chopsticks, fun.
- The best coffee in the nicest cafe in town...I went everyday and drank spicey, pink, iced lattes.
- Experimental films, performance art, red wine Friday night.
- Eating all the free olives at the Saturday market, exploring all over.
- Pancake party!
Ahh, it was so much fun. I have new friends all over the place!
Needless to say, it's kinda hard to be back in Scotland, having to do work again. Ben and I were saying how we feel guilty about all our previous complaints about Edinburgh cause the Meadows are just so damn pretty in the sunshine, covered in cherry blossoms.
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