A very quick post...

Here is my very quick post to share with you a video I've made to enter a competition from lastminute.com...!

It shows some of the adventures I've had recently, mainly showing how bad I am at film making, it took me 6 hours to prepare a 60second film of photos! I probably should practice more!

http://youtu.be/lNBQpvQX660

Please go watch! :)

I have had a crazy amazing week which means I need to make some time to write about it up here, but at the moment I have to rush off - Sinterklaas is coming to town!!!

Louise  :)

So far...

I'm a week and a half into my 6 month adventure and have completed a few, all though not many of  My To Do List!! Some of the things don't really lend themselves to good photographs.. aka bread and sprinkles!

My main accomplishment is the purchase of Edna, my bike (see previous post!). On Saturday, on my trip to pimp my bike out (with a milk crate and another chain & lock...wild!), I came across a bridge full of love locks - one way looking down to a church, the other to a classic Amsterdam canal view. It was really sweet!

Love locks - Amsterdam

Sunday - I went to visit a hockey club, cycling the 25km round trip (getting very, very lost in the process!). Luckily it ended up with me seeing Riekermolen windmill - and it actually was sunny! 

Riekermolen, Amstelpar

 Amsterdam is a complete maze. You can think you're walking in a straight line, and maybe have turned right once...next thing you know you're back at your flat! Everywhere you turn is a new sight/view/experience which is amazing! It's pretty similar to London - but significantly cheaper!  :o)

Blog numero uno!

Hi,

Welcome to my blog! I'm an accountant, but by trade rather than by nature! I'm currently on secondment from London to Amsterdam for 6 months, starting last week!

I'm planning on making this a blog of my thoughts, my pictures and a way to document my time spent in Amsterdam, which so far has been absolutely amazing! 

Work has put me up in an uber-cool studio flat, near a tram, plus I'm now the proud owner of a 'Grandma' bike - I call her Edna...

I have a to do list which I want to complete/add to over the next 6 months, I've completed some, the others I might wait until people come over -it's so exciting! Shame I have to go to work...... -It seems to get in the way of the weekends!!!
I've already visited an office outskirts of Utrecht...totally glamorous...! 

Louise

Edna, my 'Grandma' bike