This is what I was able to see this morning, out of the window in my new Dutch apartment.
As ERASMUS student, two weeks ago I moved to Leiden for my studies, and here I am, facing myself with the Dutch environment. And its weather as well, that today kindly remember that we are still in winter. (Although last weekend was really nice, sunny and warm.)
Some random notes I collected so far:
- There is a better life style (or at least, it does actually give this feeling), especially when compared to my place
- Transportations work, yay!
- Bikes do everything, bring you everywhere, and people love them. Just wondering whether Dutch people have a sort of "shield" (or don't know what), as they go happily biking even with rain and strong wind. Have to investigate.
- Some (most?) of offices and shops close at 5pm, something to consider when needing to go to more than one in the afternoon.
Oh, and a positive aspect of being in The Netherlands is that I will be hopefully able to attend (without paying much for travelling) to the next aKademy, and in nine days to the annual FOSDEM.
So see you there 
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Rain coats suffice, or stay
Rain coats suffice, or stay inside until it stops raining.
I hope you'll have a good time here.
welcome
so you stay in NL while im out! too bad.
anyway im glad you landed well in the pitoresque leiden. if you ever wanto to visit/explore/stay-for-a-few-days in rotterdam (my city), let me know i can arrange some things for you.
good luck with the studies, and much joy staying in my country!
ciao (from pakistan)
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The magic shield
We do in fact have a shield that protects us from rain. It's actually mental and involves thoughts like "we're not made of sugar", "humans do not dissolve well in h2o" and other happy thoughts