Hallo allemaal!!

I have just a quick post to make about my big news today: I landed an apartment from 1 January on…it is fabulous and I get to bring my dog, Sunshine. It is about 5 minutes biking to the center, 10 to my soccer practices/games, and 5 or so to class…and it’s in a great location (ironically on the intersection where I had my fun bike accident with the car I blogged about a while back–random!)

It is on the Jan van Scorelstraat … here’s the outside view of my building. I’m on the achterzide (back side…with a deck terrace…just wait for it!)

And the inside view out to the deckterrace with the beautiful double doors:

From the big double doors, here’s the view towards my bed (notice the fabulous light fixture, too!):

The Kitchen is next (and yes, it is a washer in the kitchen…but we don’t judge–space is a premium in the NL and why not have the washer in the kitchen?!):

The final photo is kind of a view from the entry-way hall–it’s nice that the kitchen is separate from the rest of the living space. The shower is to the left as is the toilet:

I’m really looking forward to living in this place and to be able to have my dog. We will definitely enjoy the space!

In other news, I have found an amazing website: www.kersthits.nl where it’s possible to listen to all the christmas music one can stand! Check it out if you’re in the mood for festive songs and not too tired of it from the radio stations already

At any rate…soccer game Saturday and also another all-club party Saturday night…the theme for this one is “When I was younger, I was a fan of…” and you must dress as anyone whom you idolized in your youth. I don’t know about idolatry, but I always thought Madonna was pretty freaking awesome…so I might go for a Madonna look, circa 1984…but maybe a little more classy than the following:

No matter what happens, I’m sure it’ll be fun. Still have not received my digital camera in the mail, sadly, so I won’t be able to post photos of mine…but maybe some from our website will be on there. Oh yes, speaking of websites and our soccer team, check this out! Goals #1 and 4 are brought to you by me…some of you may have seen this because I posted it to facebook earlier…I just think it’s quite fun. Enjoy!

Hope you are all doing well! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone..it’s weird to have missed it. I just had some pizza with friends and am off to bed. Tot ziens!