Hoi!
Well this it has been a whole 4 weeks since I landed in the Netherlands. Everything in my life is becoming more normal now. I am getting in to the rythem of biking to school, going to classes, listening to a lot of dutch and trying to speak as much as I can. I understand the school work here better now. In Physics and Chemistry the difficultly is the same as L2, which makes sense as I am in 'year 12' as such here. My maths classes are made up from students from VWO 5 and 6 (y12 & 13) and the maths is VERY hard (I think). Some work I am doing now is compromised of log equations/questions which I've never seen before. At least I'll learn something! English here is quite easy, so that is a nice break class. Eco and Dutch I don't understand so I don't really know how they are to NZ, I'd guess about the same though.
My home life is getting more normal and natural as well. My host family is very helpful with everything, language especially. They are quite patient with me and always help me with pronunciation and grammar, which I do struggle with! But I can feel like am learning something which is one of the best feelings ever. It took a while to get use to some of the Dutch foods but I like the chocolate sprinkles on bread in the morning, lots of potatoes and a lot of dairy products (which are so cheep over here).
Last Saturday in The Netherlands was Monuments Day. Basically it is a day where lots historical buildings dating from the middle ages are open to the public. Photos from that are below :)
I'm having an amazing time here and time is slipping by so fast. However I will try to post more soon!
Until them, dag!
Last Saturday in The Netherlands was Monuments Day. Basically it is a day where lots historical buildings dating from the middle ages are open to the public. Photos from that are below :)
I'm having an amazing time here and time is slipping by so fast. However I will try to post more soon!
Until them, dag!
