Dutch society

Hello,

Once again, a week has passed by and I feel like it's time to give you the latest news:)
Last Friday evening I got my first fine ever!!! As far as I've understood, the Dutch love to fine ppl, if there's a reason, there's always a fine coming your way as well.
So, me and Andrew were riding our bikes to Axels place, when the police stopped us. They had clearly parked in the middle of the road, only to find people with no lights, to fine.(for your information: you need to have a light, both in the front and in the back in the bikes here)
I didn't even try to come up with excuses, I admitted that I knew that my light not working. So this police officer wrote the fine(and he really took his time) hahha..he somehow managed to misspell my streetname and number(it's 71 a, not e!) but it'll be interesting to see wether they find me or not...LOL

Another thing that I find rather strange is the church in my neighbourhood. I was being told on my first night here, that it actually isn't a church anymore. The building has been sold, and it has the function as a mosque.....and.....(to make it better) a fitness centre!!!
I've a hard time imagining something similar happening in Espoo, or in Finland in general. Chruches are there and they're not on the housing market.full stop.

Hmmm..the days fly by. This week I had dinner with a Dutch friend of mine, from EYP. He's going to Norway for 5months to work in a farm. I find it to be really brave, but I know that I could definetly never manage it. ( I'm an urban girl;)

Oh, last weekend. Amsterdam was actually a bit disappointing. I had been there in year 2001 and I remembered the city to be much more alive and exciting. Times change and so do I=) I've travelled a bit more now and I guess that with many cities it's so that your impression of them changes from visit to visit. I decided not to go to Utrecht after all(Sorry M-M). I'll probably go there sometime when I've the possibility to spend the whole weekend avec my dear cousine.

Next week, I'll have presentation with my group in Quality Management(Monday) and an individual presentation next Friday in my EU course. I'm happy that this week I've got my books sorted out and I can really start studying to each and every one of my courses (another question is: do I feel like reading?)

hugs
Have a lovely weekend!
-Anna