lauantai 15. lokakuuta 2011

Little bit about everything

Hello again. This time some random stuff.

School


One of the main thing that we have to do is to design a house. Our group have to design a house for a person that is on a wheelchair. This is an interesting assignment because there is so much to think about what special things you have to consider. And thanks to my group mate Simon, now I know that toilet needs to be the focal point of every house...


My school building is right next to the highest building in Amsterdam, the Rembrandt Tower. The school it self has 15 floors. Sometimes the wait for a elevator can be a long one.
The weird thing is that Dutch people don`t eat proper lunch at school. They only eat sandwiches and cookies. I`ve learned to appreciate Palmia cafeteria at my own school.

Rotterdam


I visited my EILC buddies Stuart and Erik in Rotterdam a while ago and I have to say that I liked the City quite a lot. It reminded me of New York City. Rotterdam is modern and has a lot of skyscrapers.





I think that the next city that I will visit will be Eindhoven.

United States of America

I also did a trip to United States. We rented a car and drove over 3000 km, visiting Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Lake Havasu city. Along the way we saw for example Universal Studios, Walk of fame, Sunset strip, Golden Gate bridge, Alcatraz, Hills of San Francisco, New England Patriots@Oakland Raiders NFL game, forest fire in Yosemite national park in a middle of a night, Death valley, Las Vegas Strip, Winning big times in Vegas(not really), thrilling rides at 300m high, Grand Canyon, a lot of dessert and World Finals in Jet Ski Racing. 
And it was nice to return from sunny and warm California, Nevada and Arizona to rainy and cold Amsterdam.