Instead of Being Productive

Rather than being productive and like editing my dissertation. I figured I'd post some pictures of my trip to the Netherlands. Sorry to disappoint, I was not in Amsterdam and did not partake in the activities that are famous partaken of in Amsterdam. I was out in the country. But there is a windmill.

This is the view from the front walk of the house I was staying at. As you can tell the only thing in the picture is a field of wheat and some trees in the background. And yes, that is in fact actually a field of wheat. Do not be mistaken my friend, somewhere in the world they have to grow the wheat that makes your bread. Here's some of it. A great big old field of wheat.

And the house I was staying in:

No, just kidding. This is actually a house at an open air museum. The house is made of peat bricks. People don't actually live in them anymore. Its kind of picturesque from the outside, but the inside is small, dark with room for the goats and full of spiders. OMG there were so many spiders all over Holland I couldn't escape them. I think that's what I'm most proud about from this trip, the fact that I didn't have a panic attack from all the spiders and have to be sent home early. Because man were there a lot of spiders.

This is the house I actually stayed in, which was described lovingly as either VillaVillaCoola from Pippi or the Burrow from Harry Potter. I couldn't quite understand what they were saying on the first day, because I wasn't yet used to the accent, but later I was more comfortable listen and understanding my host family. Although I think either of the two places apply, but on more thought I'm pretty sure she was referring to Harry Potter.

And as promised, a windmill. Isn't it pretty?