Kimmy InAMSTERDAM

I've been a bit lazy about updating about my first trip outside of Amsterdam. Last weekend, my friend Courtney and I joined her boyfriend and a few of their friends from Utrecht on a trip to Antwerp, Belgium. We headed down Thursday night to check out Utrecht, which is a town about a 30min train ride south of A'dam. We went out to a few bars around town, which was substantially quieter than the city. It was refreshing.The next morning we got up...

I just got saddlebags for my bike! So I can carry books, groceries, etc is easier. I don't know how well the zebra print will help me with blending in with Dutch. But so far, I've seen other girls with cow, giraffe, and leopard print bags. It's like an unspoken zoo-bike club or something....

I just created Shutterfly site for hosting photos, check out!http://kimberlypalmer.shutterfly.com/We started out our day by visiting an old social housing neighborhood built by the New Amsterdam School of Design of the 1920s. It wasn't so much as school as much as it was a movement for reform. The architecture that we saw was focused on building housing for the day laborers in a cost-effective way by getting creative with form and everyday materials.Next...

Per Kara's request, I need to update my blog more often so she has something interesting to read at work.I am just starting my second week of classes, so far I'm very happy with the courses I've picked out. I have Dutch Social Policy that discusses the Dutch approach to politics, drugs, prostitution, euthanasia, etc. Very interesting class with a great professor. I am also taking Introduction to Dutch from the same professor; even though 99.9% of...