The most important monument of Amsterdam
A little bit about me: I love cycling. It makes me feel free and it's extremely useful if your university is in the centre of the town.
When I arrived in Amsterdam, last July, I immediately bought a half decent city bike. It was nice because I didn't opt for a stolen one: I managed to buy a used bike, legally and, maybe more surprisingly, on Sunday.
I can't tell how much I paid for it since it's still there and a friend of mine, who works at the VU medical centre, is trying to sell it.
Here is the bike. Isn't it a beauty?
My friend has approximately ten months during which she will try to sell it to anyone (I suggested students there for interships). Well, I think she hasn't moved it yet: in fact, I left it locked in a very good position.
Amazingly, this means that, if you go to Amsterdam, you can actually visit it. And there's more.
This is the building in which I worked, during my stage, this summer. And (I know what you're thinking!) it's not ANY red and blue building. This is a masterpiece. It was designed by the famous MVRDV group.
Ok, I didn't know them either, and, I'm sure, if I hadn't had a friend studying architecture, I would have never ever said that building was cool. At first sight it looked like a box of shoes, but we should all be glad that science can be done in such a posh place.
Unfortunately, I left in Amsterdam the template I created for this web site too. This means, since my account on that computer has already been deleted, I'll have to design a new one, de novo-style. Considering my lack of time, at the moment, well, you'd better get used to this grey-sh nightmare...
