Settling In...
I am slowly settling in to life in Amsterdam again.
The apartment I have found is just fantastic. It gets lots of light on account of having one wall in both rooms be nothing but windows and having a west-south-west exposure. The evening light is just amazing. I can also hear the bells of the old church from my apartment which is just lovely. I am already thinking that I will be loath to leave the apartment in November when the time comes. The only odd thing about the apartment is the amount of stuff that the woman I am sub-letting from left behind. While I appreciate the furniture some of the decorations are not exactly to my taste. It has this slightly odd feeling of being somebody else's space still. I have largely unpacked though and fixed the dishwasher today and have spent enough time in it for it to being to feel like my place.
The only big issue I have left is that I have not been able to get the Internet to work. It is cable internet so I am pretty sure it is a PPPoE connection that I need a user name and password for. I have put a call into the woman I am subletting from but have not gotten a call back. So for the moment I have no internet at home. I am over at my friend Tom's house now using his connection and I will have a connection at the VU which I will be able to use to get internet things done but it does make communication with Viola more challenging. This is unfortunate but bearable for the moment.
I am thrilled to be back in Amsterdam though. I missed being here so much. This city really feels like home to me and I am so happy to be closer to the heart of the city. I can't wait to get to work on my PhD.
The apartment I have found is just fantastic. It gets lots of light on account of having one wall in both rooms be nothing but windows and having a west-south-west exposure. The evening light is just amazing. I can also hear the bells of the old church from my apartment which is just lovely. I am already thinking that I will be loath to leave the apartment in November when the time comes. The only odd thing about the apartment is the amount of stuff that the woman I am sub-letting from left behind. While I appreciate the furniture some of the decorations are not exactly to my taste. It has this slightly odd feeling of being somebody else's space still. I have largely unpacked though and fixed the dishwasher today and have spent enough time in it for it to being to feel like my place.
The only big issue I have left is that I have not been able to get the Internet to work. It is cable internet so I am pretty sure it is a PPPoE connection that I need a user name and password for. I have put a call into the woman I am subletting from but have not gotten a call back. So for the moment I have no internet at home. I am over at my friend Tom's house now using his connection and I will have a connection at the VU which I will be able to use to get internet things done but it does make communication with Viola more challenging. This is unfortunate but bearable for the moment.
I am thrilled to be back in Amsterdam though. I missed being here so much. This city really feels like home to me and I am so happy to be closer to the heart of the city. I can't wait to get to work on my PhD.