In the last six days I have made travel plans, had my ATM card eaten by the machine, cancelled travel plans, moved to a new place in Utrecht, made new travel plans for once my new ATM card would arrive, and gotten sick. As you can understand I've had my hands full.
I had an ATM card rushed to me and it arrived yesterday but I was feeling under the weather so I did not go to Brussels as I was planning. Instead I am staying here in Utrecht in a new apartment in the city center which has been quite nice. Cambrigelaan is student housing on the University campus which is about a 15 minute bike ride from the city center. A couple other students also moved in to this house for the week. I have my own room and bathroom. The best part about the house is that we have our own roof and below is a picture at sunset.
I feel lucky to have gotten this week in Utrecht though because I have been exploring a great deal. Below is a picture I took at the Miffy museum. Miffy is a character designed by man named Dick Bruna, who is a famous graphic artist and also produced numerous children's books. His studio has become a museum and I went and visited it.
It's not a great picture but here is Miffy (the bunny) throwing stars. I thought about purchasing a children's book to start learning Dutch but I ended up with a very cute Miffy picture instead. Apparently Dick Bruna was influenced by Matisse who's simple lines and basic colors made their way into his art. Overall it was a really fun museum.One of the teachers of the Dutch Language and Culture course sent us this website which satirically describes Dutch society http://www.datapage.nl/HTTTDE.htm . It's pretty funny.
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