First 24h in the Netherlands
Yesterday I officially started my journey in the Netherlands! I’ve finally arrived in the “orange country” after long 12 hours by plane, plus almost 3 hours by train. However, everything was great and I could appreciate the beautiful view from the train. There’s so much plantations and cute houses that I could see from the train’s windows that I didn’t even bother to carry so many baggage and backpack after long hours on the plane.
When I finally get to Vlissingen (the city where I am going to be a researcher at HZ University), a man from the housing company picked me up and brought me to my house. It’s located in downtown, so there’s planty of bars, cafes and stores near the house. I’ve also met a few people who are going to share the house with me and they are really nice.
Yesterday I also bought the basic food and itens that I am going to need living here and I took advantage of the shopping to actually get to know the city better,. The city is really cozy, with small and beautiful houses, but there’s still plenty of places for me to visit.
Today I’ve already met my supervisor and visited the HZ University. Although the university was almost empty, since everybody is still on vacation, I really liked it and I believe it’ll going to be a great experience.
I can’t wait to visit other places here in Vlissingen, meet new people and especially to begin researching, so I’ll keep updating Tha Journey to share all this experience.
