Therefore as soon as I laid down, I crashed for like 18 hours. I finally got up for real after 7pm and ate some dinner. We then went to see Sherlock Holmes. Luckily the Dutch don't dub over movies, the just put subtitles down at the bottom. Some interesting facts about Dutch movie theaters include alway putting an intermission in the middle of the movie. So it just randomly stops so everyone can get up, use the bathroom, buy drinks and return. Also, cup-holders don't exist.
Today we went into Maastricht, where we ate some lunch and had free espresso. One cool thing that they do in Maastricht is turning old churches into places that are more useful to modern times. For example, one is a bookstore, one is a hotel and another is a night club. They make them so nothing can touch the walls and everything must be removable. Apparently espresso is a big deal in Europe. They have espresso "bars" where they make only espressos for you. I never knew that you could get one of 20 different flavors of espresso.
I've been doing a lot of hanging out with Toby, his girlfriend Mirle, brother Fred and roommate Moritz. They are a lot of fun and are teaching me many different cultural things.
Well it is time for dinner, before I go, some more pictures.
"More useful to modern times:" a bookstore, hotel and night club. FIrst off, someone is obviously not all that religious. Also, Kindle would tell you that a bookstore is not at all more useful to modern times.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think that's cool. And I'm glad that you're posting so I can live vicariously through you.
What flavor of espresso did you have? And did you notice that it tasted different?
Well I say "more useful to modern times" because if they decided that they didn't need three cathedrals anymore, I figure they must not be needed anymore for religious purposes in their society. Also, I don't think kindles have really caught on here, I have yet to see anyone with a kindle since I saw my fathers, before we moved, 2 weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteAnd as far as espresso goes, I had a flavor called "livanto" and then another one later in the day which I forget the name of. And I honestly could not tell a difference. But the intensity levels were only one digit off from each other so maybe I need to try something a little more drastic next time.
The espresso kind of explains Toby's obsession with it, I guess.
ReplyDelete"Also, cup-holders don't exist"- That was my favorite part. I loled. Literally.
Awww, I'm so glad you're having fun with Toby and Fred and Mirle! And I like that the "cathedrals-turned-anything-other-than-cathedrals" was interesting to you too, it may have been my favorite part of Maastricht, haha!
ReplyDeletehi justin it's max from rostov//my e-mail maxim@ntgk.ru
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