I’m starting to like Amstelveen
Tags:amstelveen amsterdam study abroad videoHappy Easter! It is now Easter Monday (1ste & 2de paasdag in Dutch) so I’m writing my weekly blog. Next week I’ll write about how my bike was stolen and I had to get a new one — how Dutch — but this week I have a video celebrating the spring I want to show you.
After several months in living just where Amsterdam starts to be called Amstelveen, I thought Amstelveen was total crap, just some lame suburb with nothing to do, nothing to see, and no reason to be there. Maybe it’s just the spring time romantic in me, but now I’m starting to like Amstelveen. It’s a little watery city all on its own, nestled under Amsterdam. Amstelveen has its own commercial areas, including a real shopping mall & a large outdoor market (both at Amstelveen Binnehof). Who knew? There’s a modern art museum I plan to check out in the coming weeks. Amsterdam’s city center is only a few (dozen) tram stops away, plus you can take your bicycle on the metro.
People in my dorm don’t see enough of Amsterdam, let alone Amstelveen. I like the quiet serenity of this bicycling suburb, where het Amsterdamse Bos is never too far off. Plus I could send my kids to the Guus Kieft School, where I’ve been volunteering. I could see myself settling down and raising a little family… Definitely not right now, but it’s a nice thought :)
I’m not sure for how many years I could deal with the weather, though. Thirty minutes ago, tiny flakes of snow were floating up over my balcony and onto my window. It’s been snowing here for several days, and it comes down in these windy snowshowers that look like fog. I woke up this morning to the sun shining on ground covered in snow. Then it was hailing, and the ground was getting covered in little balls of ice. Now it’s sunny again.
Here’s a video of me biking in Amstelveen along the river Amstel:
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deja vu. i feel like i’ve been there. ha. ha. great video.