Where has the time gone?

I arrived 31 July and it's now 6 September...where has the time gone? Devastation has overcome New Orleans and Rehnquist has died setting the stage for some more significant events to continue to develop in the U.S. over the next several weeks and months. Here in the Netherlands, however, life is progressing at a fairly normal pace. I've gone rowing on the Leiden canals, visited the beach resort town of Scheveningen (the proper pronunciation of which I am still practicing) in the Hague, attended orientation sessions, joined the Dutch United Nations Student Association, and met tons of students. Class began today and the range of nationalities in my program is quite diverse, inlcuding: Tanzanian, Japanese, Chinese, eastern European, Brazilian, Macedonian, Italian, Irish, some Dutch and 4 Americans. The diversity should lead to some interesting class discussions, to say the least.

Scheveningen

The Kurhaus on the boardwalk

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Marnix and I at Oude Harmonie bar/club

Nicholas (left) and Daniel (right) trying to dance ;-)

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I took photos of the beautiful surroundings while Marnix very capably rowed, rowed, rowed down the canal...