Me again!

Howdy. As promised, I am hoping to write regularly again from now on. I am feeling good and happy being here in Amsterdam, riding my newly pimped bike along the canals, kinda knowing my way around now, where to find good coffee, where to buy cute gifts, etc. There was a moment today where I was rattling along the Keizersgracht on my bike, and the carillon of the Westertoren was chiming and clingling and singing a happy tune and I got the biggest smile on my face enjoying where I was and what I was doing. Happy memory for my happy memory bank indeed.

LAst night my sister and I made some nice veggie soup at her place where I'm living this week, after which I did some more home improvement to the apartment, which I cannot help doing when I'm here. I replaced the broken halogen lights in the bathroom (half of them were not working!) and fixed the door handle of the bedroom which was loose, both things bugged me since I first got here. Turns out I can't help but fix things around the house even when I don't have to. I blame my husband and our eternal renovations.

I watched the latest episode of True Blood which was brilliant and then curled up happily under the mozzie net and let Jamie Woon lullaby me to sleep, which he hadn't done for a long time.

Oh, I forgot to mention that Sunday Phizz bought me an Amsterdam MoleskineCity notebook, which I am now filling with my favourite (coffee!) places and memories and thoughts about the city. Rereading this blog will help me remember some more, I'm sure. I've had such a good time in this city. I never knew I'd fall in love with this place the way I have.

Today I enjoyed a nice quiet morning, just did some laundry and rode around town a little, had a beautiful coffee at the Espresso Lab (currently the best coffee in Amsterdam) and browsed some shops before meeting Phizz for lunch at the Bolhoed, which is a nice vegetarian restaurant Phizz likes to eat at. Then I met Sverre at the station and walked around with him for another few hours, enjoyed another coffee at Screaming Beans and some more walking around, before he had to get to Schiphol to fly back to Oslo. Then I met up with Phizz again as we had decided today was the day for Kong Fu Panda 2 in 3D. It was full of awesomeness!

Unfortunately Phizz got a flat tire today on the way to the cinema so we walked back to my sister's place together with our bikes, and he's walked all the way back to his place with his. Luckily it's been quite a pleasant night, not too cold or wet. Hope he got there ok.

I've had some of the leftover soup, corrected the mistakes in yesterday's blog post and am now ready for bed. With Jamie Woon!