Mij Fiets

the conclusion of my first week of studies is nearly at hand. not much has happened in the way of school, though monday we had a meet/greet. most of the faculty for my program, IME, weren't there and i was the only first-year IME student there. There are two second-years, a Dutch guy, Pascal Petzinger and a lady from France, Berthe Salegos. Other than that it was the usual introductory thing: "state-your-name-and-the-nature-of-your-business", and, "do you have any ve-guh-tAH-bles to declare?" well, okay, maybe not that last part. i'm not very funny first thing in the morning after a night/early morning of international student parties. actually, that and collecting electronics gear is about all i've done this week. i did find a comic shop, the proprietor of which is one "Bob" who is dutch and speaks engels with an VERY british accent, but is like most comic-shop owners: very laid back and very cool.

i also found a great electronics-gear store for all my needs called "okaphone", and the dutch version of a thrift store. they're called "koopwinkels" ("sale-shop" i think, my head's a little fuzzy right now, but coffee's trying to change that). one in particular, "mama-mini" is definitely an almost exact copy of goodwill/sal-army we have in the states. all of that combines to make for a cheap supply of electronic guts and parts for BEAM bots, etc. all for now, tot ziens! ('tot-scenes' "see you later") as always, click on the photo to see more!