Inner child.

This was only my second week at EUR and the work is already piling on. Think it's safe to say that most of this coming weekend will be spent reading textbooks...while everyone else is buggering off to Oktoberfest. *sigh* Oh well! But this week has been a good one, I've had lots going on.

Official Welcome Ceremony

Erasmus

Tuesday was the university's Official Welcome Ceremony. I was half expecting the first two hours to be totally overrun with dull speeches. But it wasn't like that at all! Yes, there were speeches (some more interesting than others) but I enjoyed most of the official "sit-down" part of the event. There was a guy dressed up as the statue of Erasmus, who was posing for photographs with students and staff, then gave a speech in Latin (with an English translator). It was a bizarre spectacle. The university had also organised for an American stand-up comedian, Greg Shapiro, who lives in Holland, to perform at the event. Which was incredibly cool of them. He was absolutely hilarious.

Greg Shapiro, stand-up comedian.

Once the ceremony had come to an end we were all shepherded along to the sports building to have a typical Dutch dinner. It kind of reminded me of Scottish food, in that, it didn't look the most appealing, but it was nice and homely once I'd actually tried some of it. The ingredients were similar to typical a Scottish meal, as well, with lots of potato and meat. It was nice. And, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that I tried (and liked) stamppot - a dish that everyone has been going on about it since I arrived here, nearly 2 months ago! We got a pancake and a few free drinks too. Lovely. Entertainment wise there was a short hip hop dance performance then some music to have a wee dance to.

We had a few hour to kill before heading to the usual Tuesday Bed, so a group of us headed back to one of the girls rooms on campus for some pre drinks before heading out for the night.
It turned out to be one of my favourite nights at Bed (excluding the creeper that I managed to acquire)... It wasn't too busy, I knew lots of people there and it turned out to be a really good laugh! Yay!!

Proof.

As a result I had a bit of a slow start on Wednesday morning but I was very productive with my day and even joined the gym. All I need to do is get off my backside and go. Maybe in a few days... =P

Thursday was a mixed day for me. I spent a long time studying and working on an assignment - boo! BUT, it was also pancake boat trip day! I had been looking forward to this moment for quite a while, and was pretty buzzin' for it. The trip was organised by the uni as some kind of integration activity - which was really nice of them. There was free all-you-can-eat pancakes and a ball pit. Amazing. The ball pool totally unleashed my inner child - which was reflected in my first pancake choice: bacon pancake with chocolate, sweets, fruit and marshmallows. Beaut. I got to know a few new people as well, which was great. I was very jealous of everyone who was heading off to the "Insane White Party" afterwards, but I had to study for a test the following morning.

Perfection on a plate.

Very glad that I stuck to my guns and went home after the boat, as actually managed to make it to the test. It was pretty hard, but hopefully I did okay. Following that it was a quick trip to the doctors surgery to (finally) get registered with the huisarts, or GP.

By Friday I had pretty much ran out of all food and had to do a major shop at Albert Heijn. The cycle home, carrying all my groceries, was dreadful. Exhausted. So then it was movie time, watching Easy A and not making any attempt to write my blog. I don't even nearly have an excuse for being a day late this week, I was just feeling super lazy.

Oops! My bad.