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| The streets of Tilburg. I love those patios they have everywhere! |
Wadduuuuup?
So I've been in Tilburg for a few days maxing and relaxing, chilling like a villain, snug like a slug, etc. Do not get me wrong though, I make it sound like I've been bored, but that has NOT been the case. Yes I've been a little more static than the previous weeks of travel, but as aforementioned that is exactly what I wanted.
What have I done in the past couple of days you ask? I've been staying at Tim's apartment once again, which is fantastic! I took one full day to do nothing but laze around and watch movies and eat food. Hadn't had one of those in a while and it was much needed! Went out to Tilburg center a few times with Tim and by myself as well. One night Tim and myself met up with Reinier, a friend of my father's who I had previously met in the past but never talked to very much.
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| Great company, great people! :) |
I can see why my father is friends with this gentleman. He is extremely friendly and a very easy person to converse with. Tonight he had invited Tim and I to dinner at his place with his wife. We had Indonesian food which Reinier cooked and I had maybe three full plates of it. When you've eaten nothing but sandwiches and salad for a few days, to have a proper home cooked meal that is something else is phenomenal! They showed me pictures of back in the day, and my father was in a few of them looking mighty cool! I'm not just saying that either, I have evidence to support my claims (sorry pops..):
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| So... |
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| ..Damn.. |
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| ..COOL! |
Then yesterday I went over to see my aunt Pia, uncle Eugene and cousin Freek in Eindhoven (well close to Eindhoven, but I'm going to say Eindhoven because that seems easier (I also can't remember the name of the place they live)). I wasn't sure if I was still going to be able to see them before I headed home, but I am very happy I had the opportunity to do so! I wish we could all live closer together and visit more frequently. Whilst there I was once more fed a delicious meal and Pia even made me a pancake because I had mentioned that it was on my bucket list, but I had not yet eaten one. I wasn't expecting them to make me one - the thought had never even crossed my mind - however Pia offered and I couldn't say no. It was delicious!
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| Yum yum |
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| Look at these good looking folks, Eugene, Pia and Freek |
Freek had picked me up at 4:00ish at the train station and before I knew it, it was already 11:30 and he kindly drove me back home to Tilburg. It was a pleasure to catch up with them and to look at some old photos which brought me down memory lane (I won't put any of those photos up here though, which to be honest may just be better for both yours and my sake haha).
The night before that Tim had so kindly brought me out to eat and I had a veggie burrito followed by a coffee. Then we went to this very ¨gezellig¨ (super hip Dutch term, closest translation is maybe ¨cozy¨, but this is one of those terms that is just not quite translatable) cafe and ordered a few drinks.
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| Roland TR-8 & TB-3, so much fun! |
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| Thanks Pia, it was delicious! |
I have been telling Tim that I am also interested in learning how to use some electronic music equipment and programs to make some tunes of my own and to just learn a program and play around a bit with it. I find it to be a lot of fun, and Tim having a lot of knowledge, was kind enough to bring over his laptop to show give me a tutorial of the program Cubase, which is the one he is familiar with. It is great to have somebody show you right there in front of me because I can ask questions, and seeing the possibilities of such a program really excites me! He also brought over a drum machine (Roland TR-8) and a bass synthesizer (Roland TB-3) and showed me how to use them and what the buttons and functions did. So whilst I'm sitting in the flat here I am often playing around on these machines seeing what kind of noise I can make. Why is this so fun!? I stayed up the other night playing on these machines until 3:00AM then realized what time it was and figured I should maybe get some sleep. Uh oh, Tim what have you done!? :)
Today (yesterday technically seeing as its 2:19AM in Tilburg as I write these words) was my last full day in Europe, for now at least. I definitely know I want to come back again even if only for a visit. Although I am looking forward to some of the things back home, it definitely does feel strange to be heading home again tomorrow. I have never traveled alone, and never for this long, so I have at this point grown rather accustomed to it. People kept warning me about this thing called ¨the travel bug¨. Pfffft I had a decently strong immune system, I don't catch no bugs..or do I?
I will write a proper conclusion, and a long thank you list (seriously thanks already to everybody that deserves thanks, you know who you are) in the next couple of entries, but figured for now I'd tell y'all what I've been up to and how much fun I'm still having!
Also my phone has decided it doesn't want to connect to my laptop once again so I am unable (for the time being) to add any pictures of the last few days. But they are coming soon, once I can figure this thing out. (EDIT: hoorah!!)
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| The Batcave. History went down in there |
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