August 17, 2012
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(written on 18 April 2013)
Well OK, just the one more picture of the first year students going through their initiation rituals then. It's a scary thought that these guys most likely will have influential jobs in our society one day, given their behaviour now, but it's still fun to see.
With my couchsurfer Alfonso I went out for some food and some drinks in the evening. It was a wonderful summer evening so we mostly drank our drinks outside at the bars on Zeedijk. Amsterdam is warm, nay hot these days. Summer heat is great but it's kind of difficult to cool the house in the evening. In my old place I would just open every window at night and let cool air flow through all rooms. It was a safe and quiet neighbourhood and you never heard a thing outside at night. This place is slightly different. The neighbourhood is still safe but quiet it most definitely is not, and certainly not at night. If I would leave the windows open, then for sure the place would cool down, but I also wouldn't sleep a wink because the noise from outside would keep me awake till 5am at least, when the last remaining drunks get kicked out of the night clubs. So I explained to Alfonso that unfortunately there wasn't much I could do to cool things down. Ah well, he is from Spain so I'm hoping he's just a bit used to summer heat.
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