Hello, Amsterdam

Happy Queen's Day!

School Party

Well last night was the school party at the Melkweg. I must say it beat any party that CDDHS has every had. First of all its at a club.. and a pretty good club at that.. and second of all people actually go. Ran into lots of people I've met while I've been here and took lots of pictures. Overall it was a really good night..

Me, Ype, Amy, Kaj and Sacha. We all started out at Kaj's house then biked to the party. On the way there me and Ype learned the hard way that Kaj has deadly aim with Chocolate Covered Rasins...

All That Jazz

So I went with Marte last night to a Jazz Show which was the presentaion for the VPRO/ Boy Edgar Prize 2006. The recipent was Benjamin Herman, a saxaphonist who has played with The New Cool Collective and The Itch amongst others. When we first got there the band C-Mon & Kypski was performing. They were amazing, 2 DJs, a Synth and a Guitarist. I've been listening to them all day today. After them The Itch performed. At first I didin't like them that much but then they got a lot better and I can now see why he won the prize. The pictures below are of The Itch.

Only one week left. So much to do! School Party tonight!

Sick

So last night was the final performance of Dario Fo at the school. I helped clean up afterwards and then went to the Cast and Crew party. I stayed out a lot later then I should've and am now paying for it (very sick.. minor flu mabye). I might have to skip the concert tommorow night because of that.

We Shall See.

Pictures from Utrecht

Was in Utrecht on Saturday. It's about a 20 minute train ride south of Amsterdam and is one of the oldest cities in Holland. I walked around for a couple hours with Syl and had lunch at a nice resturant. All in all a very nice city; a lot less touristy then Amsterdam and is has the feeling of being a lot smaller then it really is. If only it hadn't have been so cold it would've been a lot better. Here's some pictures:

Pictures from Amsterdam

Ah, today was nice. 20 degrees, sunny somewhat and I finished all my souviner shopping. Here's some pictures from around Amsterdam today...

Le France 6

Just to give you an idea of where I was in France.. about half an hour away from the town of Verdun..

So that's all the pictures from my weekend in France.. there are a few more on DeviantArt as always.

I'm down to about 2 weeks untill I leave and I've still got a lots to do here so I'll defiantly be busy.. and who knows.. mabye Paris or Germany over the May holidays?

Le France 5 - Verdun War Memorial

Douaumont Ossuaire:
Sitting on the ridge of Thiaumont and only a few hundred metres away from the fort, Douaumont Ossuaire contains the remains of 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers who fell on the battlefields of Verdun. Inside there are 18 Alcoves, each containing a pair of tombs. On the wall above each tomb there is an inscription showing the area of the battlefield from where the bodies were recovered. Each tomb covers an 18 cubic metre vault.

In front of the Ossuary the French National Cemetery contains the graves of 15.000 French Soldiers. As in other French cemeteries each grave is marked by a white cross with a name plate. Muslim soldiers are buried beneath a suitable gravestone
facing towards Mecca.
- Verdun: Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery