My new wheels!

Wednesday was probably the best day yet! After work, I went downtown and purchased a secondhand bike so I am now on my way to an authentic Dutch experience riding to the office everyday :) Here is my new bicyclette near the canal!



Later, I went bowling with about 7 other people and almost won but Manuel beat me in the last frame by 3 points! Sneaky guy comes up from behind with a strike and a spare to take the game...geez...

Then it was off to Zak's birthday party. Zak is from Greece and he used to live in my house but he has since moved to a much nicer house a few blocks away. There were so many different countries represented tonight: Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Finland, Germany, France, Portugal, Poland, India, Morocco, Slovakia, Russia, Netherlands, and Canada! It was like a mini United Nations! And all of these people are pretty much fluent in English and speak 2 or 3 other languages! I really wish I was born a non-native English speaker! It was also really cool to meet some of the old trainees who have been here over 1 year and hear about how they've enjoyed it so much here. Two of them even met in Utrecht and are getting married in September! I really can't believe how many trainees are here. I came on Sunday night and already 3 more trainees (Poland, Tunisia, Estonia) have arrived with a Hungarian girl coming on Thursday or Friday. I always thought it was cool to have 5 or so trainees in Edmonton at one time but Utrecht is insane! I can't wait to develop deeper friendships with all of these amazing people!