I finally got to enjoy myself a bit last weekend. Naturally, the first thing I did was go on a bike ride. Well, technically, first I had to find a bike. There’s a bike shop that I pass by at the end of the neighborhood where I’m staying in The Hague. They have a bunch […]

After a grueling search over the past six days, I secured a place to stay in Delft for the remainder of my time here! It’s this place on Airbnb, though the photo is quite staged, and it is decidedly messier in real life, but not too bad. The owner, Florian, lives upstairs in the same […]

I just got to chat with Em for a bit while she was making breakfast and I was about to start work. She didn’t know where I was staying, so I realized I should probably give you all a quick update. Not my usual lovingly-crafted blog post, but I just wanted to let everyone know […]

Okay, first I am going to force myself to recount some positive aspects of the past few days despite how challenging it may be to do that right now. I got here successfully and had a quite pleasant stay with my first hosts. I didn’t forget anything crucial at home. I got an international SIM […]

In less than 48, er 24 hours, I’ll be boarding a plane that will take me to another plane, which will land me in The Netherlands for a three-month stint working from a town called Delft. Two colleagues asked me separately today if I had started packing. I haven’t. That question made me a bit […]