amsterdam diaries

today is thursday, day 3 in the netherlands, as I landed at my favourite airport (schiphol) on Tuesday morning. And it feels like i have been here for months. Don't really know where to start from.

Events: Mostly i have been roaming the city alone in the mornings till the afternoon. tuesday i went to Rotterdam to visit the Greek consulate (i have to) and close my ABN bank account. Also went by the AI office to say hi. In the evening i was back to Amsterdam meeting with Zoe and Brenda for dinner and then a party. I have visited the Rijksmuseum, Anna Frank house (or huis in Dutch) and a very cool park in Amsterdam i had never been to. Other than that, of course the big event was the u2 concert last night. It was a blast, the Amsterdam Arena full of a cheering croud, a great concert indeed. Unfortunately i didnt have my camera with me (thought that it's not allowed) but a few friends are going on the next concert so i will have photos through them.

Thoughts:

• Roaming alone for half the day has allowed for a lot of thoughts coming along. One of which is that i have to get moving pretty soon in terms of my future work etc. I am now more determined than before to get my last 2 university subjects ut of the way in september and move on in life.
• My visit to NL has been a wake up call on a lot of things, especially putting into perspectiove what i think are my problems during this period of time. Especially in regards to my military service remaining, it made me think that it's much less than i think it is and will go by easily.
• I sure got a bit more ambitious again, and starting troubling my mind in a more creative way as to where i will be working starting next year and what i will be working on. If i get a choice, amsterdam will be one of the top destinations, along with zurich and london.
• there's still a lot of places i want to visit but for now i am going to keep it simple.

Next stops: Vivek's place this evening till tomorrow, then meeting Volodja at Schiphol (he is off to Turkey for Evrim's wedding) and then Rotterdam, staying with Pascal and going to his bbq and AI transition party. Stay tuned.