Amsterdam - Boston

i am ofcourse regularly checking nu.nl . there i saw this: http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/2226168/evacuaties-uitbarsting-vulkaan-ijsland.html
we flew through iceland when coming to boston; it was cheaper than KLM, allowed to take 2 suitcases instead of 1 (very important to me), and.... it was much much more relaxed than flying through Paris as we did last time.. iceland airport was very quiet. and we saw a little bit of iceland! it was very sunny and it looked like it would be hot outside (it was however only 4 degrees). from what we saw from the country.. it looked like the moon.... so colourless and flat empty (but maybe the moon looks very different). now i actually would like to see more of Iceland. maybe next time when flying home!

Huge couch

yesterday no internet. this pic is from saturday. we were at the Jordan's... the girl at the car rental told us it was a great (!!!!) furniture store.. so we went (it was next to Ikea anyways). well.. it was awful. never saw such an enormous store with sooo much ugly furniture. in that way it was great to see.. indeed, but i dont think she meant it in that way. there were sooo many enormous & ugly couches (like the one on the pic). many with a holder for your drinks and a secret compartment for all your snacks, so that you never have to move while watching tv.... typical American?

Ikea carts

as my camera doesnt work: some "old pics".. :( this is from friday, when we were in ikea. it was so quiet there!! here are all the carts.. waiting to be used. on the side there were alcohol-containing-cart-bar-cleaning-wipes, so that your child sitting in the cart will not get some disease... (i think they are quite paranoid about getting a disease here). actually, the next day we were there again, and it was a lot more crowded, the amount of carts was still huge though!

Camera breakdown

we rented a car for the weekend. it was very sunny and we had paid for the fuel in advance. a good reason to drive to gloucester, somewhere above boston. on the sea as you can see here. it was really pretty and there were lots of things i wanted to photograph. but... this is the second last picture after which my camera decided to end his service... :( the lens is still out, and not responding to anything anymore... time for a new camera? buuuuhhhhh....

Shopping spree!!!

our "second" living room. here still filled with suitcases.. we rented a car for the weekend and got some stuff to fill the rooms with... :) (maybe later some pics of that!). the shops are sooooo enormous here. bigger than big. we thus walked a lot the past 2 days. now at least we have some nice, own stuff (including our own suction mouth.... ;) but thats something to be explained another day as well.

Coat/Clothes hangers

when we arrived in our apartment, i soon noticed there were not even clothes hangers... no way i could hang out all the clothes i managed to stuff in my suitcase (actually quite a lot). the first thing we thus bought were hangers... 24 for 7,50 until we found the dollar shop, jeeejjj! there i could buy 12 in fancy colors for only... yes, 1 dollar. now i have many of them so that i finally can unpack my second suitcase as well. but first i need to sleep.....

Empty livingroom

this is the first livingroom... as you see, there is only 1 couch, and nothing else. then there is also a second livingroom, which is connected to the first by suite-doors (dont know how you call these doors). there are big windows. we are on ground level, and this room is facing the main street; the busstop is right in front of the house...

My wallet

i got this wallet as a present from my colleagues when i got my PhD. actually per & bettini decided which wallet. ok, first they had bought me a pink, smaller one, but then i decided to go for the big version that per originally had in mind. and i love it! i love to take it out, look at it, and then easily find the cards, money etc.. bad thing is ofcourse that everytime i take it out, it means money leaves my wallet.... :) but well.... starting a new life is not cheap!

Boston apartment

so, there we are, on the couch in our new apartment in the US of A. aside from the couch, there is not much furniture, although there is an enormous amount of space.. good thing: we could each have our own livingroom as well as our own bedroom. no need to compromise then.... :)