1200 km from home...
Here we go...
It passed 2 months since my arrival to Amsterdam – the european
cosmopolitan capital to spend 10 months on AIESEC internship.
Everything happened so fast – (except from my matching proccess) –
decision of coming here, 2 weeks of preparations and after 1,5h flight
I'm standing in front my temporary apartment –rather English - looking
building in the outskirts of Amsterdam. 2 hours later I'm sightseeing
the city on my own:) Each of you probably has some idea of Holland:
lowland landscape (even a new A8 in Poland won't be as flat as ground
here is:),hundreds of canals – more than in Venice!, array of cheese,
streets cluttered with bikes (usually rubbish ones like mine:),
homeland of VanGough and Rembrandt…legal soft drugs…oh! And the nation
of the tallest people in the world:)
So what was my first impressions about the Netherlands? Great
hospitality, open-mindness and kindliness of which I found out just on
the first day of coming to Amstee.
I got a job in a medium-sized company which operates on world-wide
scale. Good points of working here are independent character of my job
position which still requires strong liaison with the rest of my team.
Never before I had to learn so fast how to wisely manage my work time,
coordinate many tasks in parallel and not to go crazy.
And after 5.30 P.M my private life is about to start! As living in De
Eenhorn – brand new housbuilding in the citycentre I got a chance to
meet lots of people, not only @ers but also Dutch and international
students. This won't make you bored even for one single day! Your
neighbours will look after you whether you're ill, repair your crappy
bike till 22.00 on Saturday evening…sipping some French wine and
chatting at the same time, or put you up a few nights while you locked
yourself out of your room (this damn burglar-proof door:/
So far I actively spend my every weekend – following Dutch lifestyle
– I cycle a lot, canoeing through gorgeous lakes in the south of
A'dam, exploring Texel island or just strolling along sands in spa –
Scheveningen at the North Sea. Yeah…and the city offers dizzying
number of restaurants, pubs, clubs in itself also…I still have
numerous stories to tell you…I promise this is not my last post
here:)Maybe next time I'll be able to say a few words in Dutch already
as I've just signed up for the course – 9h per week…exhausting. It's
too early to make any summary of my trainship but I can already feel
that it's been the most fruitful and intensive period of my life so
far! If you ever happen to get this incredible opportunity – go for
it! There's nothing worse then regret missed chance. Groetjes! Ewa -VP ER 06/07 
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