I've had no posts for a long time. I feels as though tasks over here are taking twice or three times as long as they did in Rotterdam. For example, although I wrote last time that I was planning on working with seniors to better my Dutch...this has yet to happen! I was told that I need a police check in order to work with this group of individuals. Fine, but to do this I need a letter from my volunteer place about the activities and that I will be doing. Still no problem. And before I go back to the police station, I need to have my London address on my drivers liscence.
This would have been an easy task two years ago when I had a car but now that I'm using public transportation (which although is good for the size of the city I live in here in Canada, is laughable compared to Rotterdam's system) - a small task takes all afternoon. Couple that with my other responsibilities here at the university at the moment and I'm running around all over the place. Time spent on my blog is now spent waiting at the bus stop or walking 5km to my destination. So although it looks like I'm hiding, what I'm really doing is RUNNING!
Take home message of the day: I miss my bike!
You can dream of a new bike from here.
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curbside.on.ca
Hope you will get a bike soon! Ik leef met je mee!
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Johannes
i decided to buy a bike here. i just hated having to walk everywhere and take the ttc for everything! it's not as beautiful and fancy as my fiets, and getting used to hand brakes again is kind of weird, also they have hills here, but it's pretty great. at least until the winter...
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