One Month

So I have been here a bit over a month now, it is pretty crazy how time flies. I suppose I have gotten quite settled into work, and even gotten used to the horrid amount of rain. I am also starting to think of Venlo as my home :)

I've been pretty busy lately and haven't been writing very much.  This past week my sister, Sarah, who is spending a couple months in Paris, came to visit me. It was fun to have her around, but it reminded me that I like having my space (we were sharing a bed).

Amsterdam-
I went to go meet Sarah in Amsterdam last Saturday, and we spent Saturday and Sunday night at her friends house. It was interesting because pretty much exactly 2 years and one month before I had spent about a week with her in Amsterdam.
It had been almost a year and half since I had last seen her (approx Jan 2011) so we spent alot of time just talking and catching up instead of sight-seeing. But it was still awesome. And the weather was great!
I also think that, after seeing a bit more of the Netherlands, I'm not a huge fan of Amsterdam, I much prefer Venlo I think. (Venlo is pretty great, I've decided). Amsterdam is a little(or a lot) too touristy.

Venlo
So Sarah also came and stayed in Venlo with me, which was pretty cool.  And, with me at work tues-friday, she probably has seen more of Venlo than me, because she walked around a lot while I was gone. She was fortunate enough to come during the first week that was totally rain free!

After Sarah headed back to Paris, I enjoyed a bike ride (I didn't do much biking when she was here) I biked about 20 k along the Maas from Blerick to Neer, then back again and crossed the river at Baarlo to get back to my house. It was the first time I took the ferry, and it cost 60 cents. I was sad because my camera ran out of battery power, and there is an awesome view of a Mission house from across the river(in Steyl), I guess that means I will need to bike there again. There is also a castle in Keesel that I wish I could of explored and taken pictures of. It was my first time exploring that side of the river, and I think it's a bit more interesting, you go past a set of locks, and they are absolutely huge because they are for huge ships :P That was pretty cool.