06 February 2013
Settling into our Dutch home
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| Our front yard is a park |
We’ve
landed a home in Amsterdam. Finally after a long month of searching. And we’re now
getting settled in, so yes, going to IKEA and everything.
Even with all the stress we often we remark to each other “Man, life in
Amsterdam is great.” Sure, Chiara’s flat-out busy at work, and I'm in the
middle of all kinds of paid and unpaid bits of work and navigating Dutch bureaucracy and trying to settle in and
find my groove.
But still, it's great. Above is the view from our bedroom window. Yes,
that’s a park on the other side of the pedestrian and bike path - which is the 'street' we live on. And beyond
that is a canal. And just around the corner is a windmill. An actual windmill.
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| Just across the canal from where I live |
Yep, I live
in Holland by a windmill. And not only that: the windmill is actually a brewery that
makes delicious craft beer. And just beyond that is a street market with cheese and
nuts and fruits and vegetables and all kinds of fish-based products. And lots of junk too.
Slowly, our house is becoming a home, and a room is being designated as my office (or
as I like to think of it: “the nerve centre”) where projects are beginning to
be conceived and unfurled. And it’s pretty damn pleasant.
The one thing I've already learned though is that it's going to take longer than I thought to get set up and settled in. But the other thing I've learned is that life here is actually designed to be mellow and relaxed and take some time.
And, now that I'm actually getting adjusted to the Dutch pace of things, it seems to be working out pretty damn well.
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JAAAAH! Brouwerij 't IJ! Let's have beer there sometime when J and I are over again. Sorry I didn't get to see you the other week - stupid flu. Glad to hear you're good. Take care and see you soon, Judith x
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a fantastic start. xo Dorion
ReplyDeleteBises from Hong Kong.