These days I am feeling quite gezellig in Amsterdam. Gezellig (pronounced hazella) means "cozy" in Dutch. It is a nice word that feels nice to say.
I have been keeping busy with visitors (such as Laura Gruberg), frisbee (Spongebabes Damsquare), pancakes, new friends, and exploration. Oh, and making/eating more toast than you could shake a stick at.
Speaking of toast, I have discovered a wonderful spreadable substance called Speculoos. Imagine a biscoff cookie (kind of cinnamon/gingery). Now imagine it liquified and smeared on everything in sight. Now you have speculoos.
On Wednesday I leave for Italy where I will stay for 6 days--3 in Genova, 3 in Venice. Sadly, it looks like a gondola tour is out of the question unless anyone would like to send me a check for 80 euros...But I have decided that I will stroll along the sidewalk beside the gondola-poling man and sing "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie..." It's cheaper and more fun. Heck, I could eat spaghetti while I do it!
Also--I have learned why Dutch people feel so tall to me. It's because they are (according to my Dutch friend) the second tallest community of people on Earth, dwarfed only by the Masai tribe in Africa.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Horchata
I am currently fixated on the song "Horchata" by Vampire Weekend, and have been listening to it non-stop in the midst of doing the following things:
1. Attending an awesome exhibition called "Niet Normaal" (Not Normal) in city center. There were a bunch of short films about weird people--some with disorders, some just doing things out of the ordinary. There was also a cool (fake) commercial for condoms that can genetically test sperm during sex so that only the genetically fit ones get through. Kind of scary.
2. USA vs. Netherlands soccer match. Orange flags waving in unison. Netherlands 2-1.
3. On Friday an ex-sex worker came into our Prostitution class to talk to us. She was cool, down to earth, and genuinely liked sex. It was nice to meet someone who defies the stereotype.
4. Jo visited me this weekend and we biked around the city, ate fresh stroopwafels, and frolicked in the park among other acitivities. She convinced some men in a Malaysian restaurant to put chopsticks in their mouths likes walruses while she did the same.
1. Attending an awesome exhibition called "Niet Normaal" (Not Normal) in city center. There were a bunch of short films about weird people--some with disorders, some just doing things out of the ordinary. There was also a cool (fake) commercial for condoms that can genetically test sperm during sex so that only the genetically fit ones get through. Kind of scary.
2. USA vs. Netherlands soccer match. Orange flags waving in unison. Netherlands 2-1.
3. On Friday an ex-sex worker came into our Prostitution class to talk to us. She was cool, down to earth, and genuinely liked sex. It was nice to meet someone who defies the stereotype.
4. Jo visited me this weekend and we biked around the city, ate fresh stroopwafels, and frolicked in the park among other acitivities. She convinced some men in a Malaysian restaurant to put chopsticks in their mouths likes walruses while she did the same.
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