Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Leiden


Our first days are much more busy than planned. The tenants left the house dirty and messy, so settling in brings a lot of work. The good part is our neighbours Winny & Dancker took care of the survival package: food, toilet paper, beer and flowers. On top of that, it's really spring, and the rental agency kept the deposit, so the tenants will pay for their mess - life isn't all that bad.


In between cleaning & reorganizing we go to the Press Freedom conference in Maastricht - a 3.5 hours journey by train (one way) down south. We're still a bit disoriented - it takes Maud 2 hours to realize the weird autumn colours are normal because it is spring... The conference is interesting, but the best part is seeing everybody, and having drinks and dinner together.

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