We've had some time to get over jet lag and are starting to take care of some of the smaller things. We set up our cell phones, got a bike, figured out where the grocery store is, etc.
We are currently living in corporate housing on a street called Utrechtsestraat. It is between the Keizersgracht and Prinzengracht canals. It's decent but right on a tram line which makes if fairly noisy. As I sleep through fire alarms this doesn't bother me but Kindra is wearing earplugs at night. Cute but dorky looking. :)
We are excited to find a place and have a house hunter that has been helping us look. We went out for about 3 hours last Wednesday and saw a range of apartments. We are interested in one and are going back to see it again on Monday. One concern we have is the Dutch people we tell about it say it's too expensive. However, we have been told that expats should expect to pay more and other expats seem to think it's reasonable.
The first few days here our internal clocks were all messed up so we spent our evenings trying not to fall asleep before 7p. As we're getting acclimated we've started to go out a bit more. The last couple nights we've spent out with folks from W+K. Two nights ago we went to a bar called O'Reiley's near the Dam square and last night we went to a dinner at a co-worker's apartment. Aside from Kindra's wallet and cell phone getting stolen at O'Reiley's both nights were fantastic.
Everyone we've met so far has been incredibly nice. It's also very interesting to hear the backgrounds of everyone. Amsterdam has a ton of expats so everyone is from somewhere else. For example at the dinner party there were three people from England, on from Australia and one from Holland...not including us yanks.
Overall things are great and our new cell numbers are below. We are nine hours ahead of the West Coast and six ahead of the East Coast so account for that when you call.
Jesse Cell: (011) 31 6 2060 8607
Kindra Cell: (011) 31 6 2146 6444
If anyone wants to mail anything to us you should use the W+K address as our home address will be changing. If you are mailing something specifically for Kindra put her name in parenthesis after mine but be sure to include mine as they won't recognize her name alone.
Jesse Long (Kindra Long)
Wieden+Kennedy
Keizersgracht 125-127
1015CJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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4 comments:
Hi guys, sounds like you are starting to settle in. Sorry about your wallet Kindra that totally sucks! I am glad to see that you have this site up and running. I will read it all of the time!
Love-Kristin
Hola! Glad you guys are there and getting comfortable! Nice blog, it will be great to check in on you guys once in awhile!! Thanks,,take great care,,know we love you..Matt has a game down here in Eugene so I'll be heading over there soon!! Love you guys..kyra sue..
sounds wonderful already...i miss gazing into jesses eyes from across my desk though.
I just wanted to blog...not even sure what that is...but i should since all the girls i know i met through myspace....stay out of the cafe's if you know what i mean...hope you are having a great time
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