We have worked our way up to getting around town fairly well now. We have also met some of the professors and students that we will be working with while we are here. I am excited now because I talked to a couple students who had taken the behavior course that we will be taking, and they each said that it was a great course. This weekend we traveled around the area to Utrecht for the open markets and to Apeldoorn to the monkey reserve, which was very fun.
To answer the questions:
How are you feeling about being away from home?
I am feeling fine still. It is alittle hard not seeing my boyfriend everyday, but I would recommend Skype to anyone traveling abroad because it is very easy to use and it is free. I ahve spoken with both my parents over it now and they seem to like it also. I have not felt homesick at all, and that may be because everyone is so nice here and we are making friends fast.
How are you feeling about being where you are located now?
Wageningen is very small, which is nice for getting around. Everything is so close. Also, everything is very green and they seem to really try to take care of the environment. Very few cars are on the roads, and there is nearly no garbage in the streets. I enjoy it here.
What have you had to do to adapt to living/working there? How are you coping with those changes in your day-to-day behavior?
My biggest adaptation has been riding a bike everywhere. I am so used to walking or driving places. We have started riding a little further each day, which helps me get used to it. The bikes are also bigger and more upright here, which was a change. I still like to walk though, which is fine because Zodiac and the centrum are so close to us.
Is there anything knowledge that you would like to contribute to our program’s Survival Handbook for that country
A new contribution may be to be familiar with some common Dutch phrases because people like to say hello to you, and many of the bus drivers to not speak English. I am still quite confused about the bus ticket system here, and I am afraid that it may have cost us some extra money because we did not understand what they were trying to tell us.
Other than that, up to Monday, we haven't really started our lab work, so we have just been getting other small errands done throughout the day and exploring the town more.
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