Things to do:
Watch bands. I thought the Scissor Sisters, Linkin Park, and The Magic Numbers were good. I could barely hear a thing at the 3FM stage though, so Korn and Evanescence may have been good, but I don’t know.
Drink beer. Although I’m not a big beer drinker, so I only had one. But it [...]
I recently found an English-language Dutch news website, so now I actually have some idea what is happening here. Here is a selection of interesting stories.
Fourth free paper launched today (May 8): Now why one needs four free morning papers, I don’t know. I read Metro (which I’m familiar with from Sweden) and the new [...]
[Jan 2008: I'm transferring some posts from a discontinued blog. Since I wrote this, I've discovered the Leonidas shop in Eindhoven (even the locals don't know where it is).]
Due to Thursday being a public holiday and Friday being a forced day off for the university, I decided to take the opportunity to travel somewhere for [...]
The tax office was very busy yesterday. By the time I got there for a 9am appointment, there were already 10-20 people waiting around.
All I had to do was show my passport and residency card and complete a form. Then I had to wait for them to bring me my letter with my sofinummer. Lucky [...]
A few weeks ago I received an invitation for a city tour organised by the town hall for new residents. I thought it might be a little daggy, but it could be interesting, so I signed up anyway.
When I got to the town hall yesterday morning, there were four huge touring buses and probably close [...]
A few weeks back, I was talking to a German friend about what sporting club I should join at the uni. (I’m not a particularly sporty person, so whatever I choose I will be a complete beginner at.) He said cricket. I said I don’t think there’s a cricket club and I don’t play cricket [...]
Here is proof of what I like to call evil hail. It hurts. This time I was safely inside though.
The past weekend was a long weekend for Queen’s Day on Monday.
I have never ever seen such a large party. It was also helped along in Eindhoven by PSV winning the Eredivisie title in suspenseful circumstances on Sunday afternoon. (Apparently the champion changed several times during the final round of matches.) So PSV attire was [...]
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