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We spent our summer in the city of Delft, doing research in the area of aerosol particle science at Delft University of Technology. It is a small, quiet city and we live in an apartment building close to the center of town. The weather here is generally cold and rainy, with a few sunny days, and it is always very windy. We are six hours ahead of Florida time. We get around everywhere by bicycle and have slowly adjusted to the way of life here in Holland.LabHere are some pictures of the lab where we work.
ApartmentIt's small, but I like it.
BarbecueJune 8, 2004 Right after we got here, some of the people at work decided to have a barbecue. We got to meet a lot of the people that we are going to be spending the summer working with and it was a lot of fun.
DelftHere are some pictures that we have taken around the city. You can see all the people with bikes waiting for the bridge to go up on our way to campus every day. There are also several pictures of the quaint Centrum, or town center, built around Oude Kerk (Old Church). We also had some fun taking pictures with Holland's famous wooden shoes, which are only found in tourist areas and no one actually wears them.
Bike Trip to the HagueJune 26, 2004 It takes about an hour to get to the Hague by bike, and we just spent the afternoon riding around the city doing a little sightseeing.
Bike Trip to RotterdamJuly 4th, 2004 Europort, in Rotterdam, is the world's largest port, so we saw lots of boats and cool bridges. There is a huge shopping area and it was a very nice modern city. It was completely destroyed during WWII and it was rebuilt to be extremely modern-looking, with all sorts of interesting architecture.
AmsterdamJune 19 and July 17, 2004 We went to Amsterdam twice, but the first time we did not have a camera yet and we went to the Six Flags there. Amsterdam is one of Eddie's favorite cities because it is has a great mix between old architecture and fun modern stuff to do, and it is very clean and nice. On our second visit, we stopped by the NEMO science museum and Rembrandt's House, and went through the Anne Frank house and museum. At the end of the museum there was a room that showed videos discussing several current issues and then you got to vote about whether or not you believed the situation fell under the category of free speech or whether it should not be allowed. It was very thought-provoking and probably the best part of the museum. The rest of the day was spent walking around the city and enjoying the sites.
Lance ArmstrongJuly 27, 2004 After the Tour de France, a lot of the riders go on tour and bike in a
few small races around Europe. On Tuesday night, we went to go see one of
these races with some people from TU Delft. The race was in a village near
Eindhoven, which is about an hour and a half away by car. The race consisted
of 40 laps around a village over the course of about 2 hours. Since they
went around so many times, we got to see them close-up very often. The most
amazing thing was how much wind they produce as they go by because of how
fast they were going. Besides the race, there were lots of stages all around
with bands playing in stuff like that, it was a lot of fun. At the end of
the race we were up very close to the finish line and stage, which was
exciting. As Lance Armstrong got in his car to leave after the race in a
very crowded area, someone broke the window across the back of the car and
they arrested the person that did it. Luckily no one was hurt and getting to
see it all was pretty cool. We also saw Sheryl Crow (Lance Armstrong's
wife), and we got a picture taken of our group with
Robbie McEwen (the
Australian green jersey winner for best sprint times).
Rotterdam ZomercarnavalJuly 31, 2004 Rotterdam's Summer Carnival attracts over 900,000 people and is basically two days of festivities with lots of parades, DJs, and food. We went to check it out Saturday afternoon, but did not stay too long because it was so crowded.
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