Ok - so I now have a working digital camera again and should hopefully be a bit less busy in the next few weeks so I should be able to pay more attention to the blog... I just got back from a week in Barcelona - went there to attend a limnogeology conference and also took a few days of vacation. Barcelona was awesome! Nice and warm and sunny. While I was there I found this cool music store and ended up wondering inside and eventually playing a bunch of the guitars they had there. I ended up buying this one (without fully thinking about the fact that getting it back to The Netherlands was going to involve buses, airplanes, trains, the ferry and finally, a bike ride... But, I managed to get the guitar back to my apartment and I'm really happy to have an instument again.
These guitar picts aren't the greatest - the light in my apartment is almost always bad. I'll try to find someone else to take a picture of me with the guitar soon...
I really like this guitar - it is quite loud compared to my other guitar and has a nice sound. I'm still getting used to the fatter neck and the lack of any dots on the frets...
And here are some picts of the port in Den Helder and the ferry ride. I had to go to the town hall in Den Helder (again) this morning - but I finally managed to get my official residence permit! I also got the equivalent of a Dutch social security number this week - so next month I will be able to finally get paid!!!
Another picture of the port in Den Helder.
Ok - so I now have a working digital camera again and should hopefully be a bit less busy in the next few weeks so I should be able to pay more attention to the blog... I just got back from a week in Barcelona - went there to attend a limnogeology conference and also took a few days of vacation. Barcelona was awesome! Nice and warm and sunny. While I was there I found this cool music store and ended up wondering inside and eventually playing a bunch of the guitars they had there. I ended up buying this one (without fully thinking about the fact that getting it back to The Netherlands was going to involve buses, airplanes, trains, the ferry and finally, a bike ride... But, I managed to get the guitar back to my apartment and I'm really happy to have an instument again.
These guitar picts aren't the greatest - the light in my apartment is almost always bad. I'll try to find someone else to take a picture of me with the guitar soon...
I really like this guitar - it is quite loud compared to my other guitar and has a nice sound. I'm still getting used to the fatter neck and the lack of any dots on the frets...
And here are some picts of the port in Den Helder and the ferry ride. I had to go to the town hall in Den Helder (again) this morning - but I finally managed to get my official residence permit! I also got the equivalent of a Dutch social security number this week - so next month I will be able to finally get paid!!!
Another picture of the port in Den Helder.
I'm not sure why people feed the seagulls, but they do...
A view of NIOZ from the ferry. Funny, I was the only person taking a picture of the lab...
