April - the pancake boat (again)

April went by quickly... Im sitting here wondering what I have done over the past month that is blog-worthy... Lucky, I have adapted well to one aspect of Dutch life - diary/planner. Everyone always has one with them at all times and appointments, meet-ups, everything gets recorded.

So, to remember what I did in April, all I have to do is consult my planner. This is what it said I did:

• Sauna evening with Elisabeth

This was a fantastic night. Ive been to a sauna place once before with Kelly last year, but this was a "serious" sauna in comparison. What makes a sauna "serious"... well, for one thing, everyone is naked. For another, it has a Sauna Master who runs group sauna experiences. There is even a tour where you learn all about how to "do" a sauna properly and the effect of the sauna on your kidneys (you may have to pee alot). Im considering if this is an appropriate mother-daughter activity when my mum is here but somehow I dont think my mum would really be into Sauna Masters and group saunas...

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• "Date" with Martijn, organised by Martijn

Its in my diary but I dont remember it.....

• Cycle-Pancake day

This was organised by the triathlon club. We do a huge ride and then eat pancakes on the pancake boat. It was the same boat with the same captain as when we did this for Kabooki 2 years ago with Kelly and Douwe. This time it was less fun... I think there are only so many times you can eat as many pancakes as you can in 50 minutes on a boat. That "so many times" is once.

• lots of study days

Ive got loads of days in my planner that are down as "study days". Sometimes its so full on that I need to work from 2 computers.

• "Date" with Martijn, organised by me

Now this one I remember! It was a cycle-picnic complete with picnic backpack, mini-wine, plastic wine glasses, reduced price cheese (cardamom and clove), a view onto the river and the sailing equivalent of scouts.

• visit from Tracey

Tracey, who I went to uni with, came to visit. Of course, no trip to the Netherlands would be complete without bike riding, riding on dykes and drinking beer in the sun.

And I think that covers most of it for April.