An email to our parents:
Just so you guys don't feel too sorry for us being all on our lonesome for Thanksgiving, here's a link to show you where we'll be that weekend:
http://www.aachen.de/en/ts/90_festivals_events/90_30/index.html
We're going with our two new friends, Stacy (from Long Island) and her Dutch boyfriend Joost. She followed him here too, surprise, surprise! I went to the cello quartet concert with Stacy yesterday and then to trivia with both of them yesterday (T stayed in to recover from all his stress symptoms), and they were so generous, they bought me all my drinks and snacks and everything! Joost seems a bit older than Stacy, who in turn seems a bit older than me, and he is running a (seemingly) very successful startup that markets business analytics solutions to local branches of government (don't ask me for more specifics, because I don't have them...), and I think he felt sorry for poor unemployed little ol' me and therefore wouldn't let me pay for anything! I sensed that perhaps the kind of culture exists in The Netherlands where people voluntarily look out for others who (at least for now) are not as well off as they may be. I remember Terry talking about this in Japan too and I thought it was kind of silly that for organized dance team events seniors had to pay more than freshman because it's assumed seniors have more money than freshman (which i disagreed with because not everyone works during college, at least in the US), but I now really appreciate the sentiment that it would be "crazy" for me to pay for gas/parking when it's a piddly amount for them, but everything is really going to add up for me!
So, I like The Netherlands! :) Can't wait for you guys to all come visit!
Miss you all!!
Love, Em
xx
Just so you guys don't feel too sorry for us being all on our lonesome for Thanksgiving, here's a link to show you where we'll be that weekend:
http://www.aachen.de/en/ts/90_festivals_events/90_30/index.html
We're going with our two new friends, Stacy (from Long Island) and her Dutch boyfriend Joost. She followed him here too, surprise, surprise! I went to the cello quartet concert with Stacy yesterday and then to trivia with both of them yesterday (T stayed in to recover from all his stress symptoms), and they were so generous, they bought me all my drinks and snacks and everything! Joost seems a bit older than Stacy, who in turn seems a bit older than me, and he is running a (seemingly) very successful startup that markets business analytics solutions to local branches of government (don't ask me for more specifics, because I don't have them...), and I think he felt sorry for poor unemployed little ol' me and therefore wouldn't let me pay for anything! I sensed that perhaps the kind of culture exists in The Netherlands where people voluntarily look out for others who (at least for now) are not as well off as they may be. I remember Terry talking about this in Japan too and I thought it was kind of silly that for organized dance team events seniors had to pay more than freshman because it's assumed seniors have more money than freshman (which i disagreed with because not everyone works during college, at least in the US), but I now really appreciate the sentiment that it would be "crazy" for me to pay for gas/parking when it's a piddly amount for them, but everything is really going to add up for me!
So, I like The Netherlands! :) Can't wait for you guys to all come visit!
Miss you all!!
Love, Em
xx
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