Hampshire Inn Eindhoven
Stratumsedijk 23d, (formerly Hampshire Inn) Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, 5611NA, Netherlands
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Sunday in Eindhoven
Sunday: slept in, had a small breakfast and just chilled.
After a lunch of leftovers, we went for a long walk along the Dommel. Its all very nicely kept parklands on both banks, and it opens up into a large park (Genneper park).
Tonight we're having chicken soup for dinner - nothing too exciting.
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Back in Eindhoven for 2012
... As Ioana said, "what's so special about a collage? We did those in kindergarten!"
Friday night we stayed at home and had a nice meal, slevinken (a dutch thing, like sausages but instead of intestines, they put proscuitto). We also booked all the things for the next few weeks - train tickets and accommodation in Bruges for next weekend, and the hire car for our trip to Luxembourg the weekend after ...
Saturday
So didn't really do a whole lot today - after chatting on skype with Nonno and Nonna, and the Masons after getting out of bed I went and did a sizeable shop (at both Aldi and Jumbo). However I couldn't find basil or parmesan cheese - two vital ingredients for spaghetti sauce.
In the afternoon I headed up to the Irish pub to catch a meal, a guinness, and the ...
First Night
So, its my first morning in Eindhoven. I survived the cold and the night to wake up to a pretty, sunny morning. I'm just about to head out the door to meet with Nora, at TU/e, Bert's secretary, and I plan on doing admin today (opening a bank account, buying a SIM card, shopping for the apartment etc).
Oliebollen
... warm and happy to be out of the cold.
Today my plans to meet up with Anneliese fell through so Joris and I took a little bike ride. It was pretty comical because the bike was too large for me and we were riding through the snow! Holland is really into bikes and even in the snow and slush everyone rides them. I was so afraid of falling and could barely touch the peddles when my legs were extended but it was fun to do it the Dutch way. I bought a suitcase ...



