Busy

So yeah, I thought that I was not going to have much to do during the Kertvakantie, but as it turns out I have a little more than I'd really like. Today I would prefer to just stay at home (and SLEEP), hang around, maybe go biking...but I have to go see my half-uncle in Doorn. Half-uncle? He's my father's half-brother. How does one describe this relation? Saying half-uncle sounds like only half of him is my uncle, and the other half is...I dunno. A dinosaur. Exciting.

Thursday I had to pick up my residence permit in 's-Hertogenbosch--why does its name start with an apostrophe, anyway?--so I went there around 9. Yeargh, way too early. But yeah, luckily the Ministerie van Justitie was very close to the station, so I only had to walk about 300 meters. Not far. But WOO, I am now legally here, heh heh. After my little visit to the MvJ I decided to walk around Den Bosch a bit, seeing what I could see. I went to the Sint-Jan Cathedral; supposedly it has the best Christmas display in all of Europe, but I thought the one in Maastricht was nicer. The cathedral itself was nice, though...very large. Lots of stained glass. Lots of gold. Pretty much a cathedral haha. I was supposed to go to Venlo to see my friend Carol (AFSer from Brazil) after picking up my residence permit, but it was still very early even after I'd visited the cathedral. So once again I went out on the streets to try my luck at finding something cool, and boy did I succeed. HIERONYMUS BOSCH ART CENTER! For those of you who do not know, Hieronymus Bosch basically owns. 15th century painter whose stuff almost reminds me of Dalí's. It's like nothing I've ever seen before. The art center itself was really great, too. Very informative, plenty of workers anxious to answer my every question, and a crazy-nice view over the city from the top of a church tower (the museum itself is inside a church).

Hmm time for Doorn, I'll finish this later.