Leiden, Day 1
**Originally written at about 5 pm on July 6, 2005**
I’m in Leiden now, but I can’t actually upload this because the hotel I’m staying at that is supposed to have free wireless internet does in fact have it, but it’s currently “down for repairs.” So I’m writing this offline and I’ll upload it whenever I get a chance to get my laptop connected to the internet.
So... Leiden. I haven’t seen much of it so far, so I can’t really give a fair assessment of it. The hotel I’m staying at is outside of the center of the town, so there isn’t really much to look at in the vicinity of the hotel except for a highway and some farm animals. It’s technically within walking distance of the center of town, but it would be a long walk, and I’m too tired from the flight to attempt that. I’ll get a bike tomorrow (it’s very flat here, and thus everybody travels by bike) so that will aid in my ability to explore the area.
The Lorentz Center (where the conference is at) is within walking distance also, and I did walk to that today just to see where it was, so that I can find it tomorrow morning. It’s a nice walk, a bit remote though. And I did also see a bit of what the “center of town” looks like when I took a taxi from the train station in town out to the hotel. From what I could tell, it seems like a nice, quaint village/city of sorts. And I wasn’t kidding, people really do travel by bike here. Sure, there are lots of cars, but biking is such a popular mode of transportation that there are separate “bike roads.” They even have their own traffic lights!
I don’t think I have much else to say. It’s almost 5pm here, I’ve been at here since around 10 this morning. I am soooooooooooooooooo tired, it’s been a struggle to stay awake all day. I’ll give it a few more hours and then let myself fall asleep, I’m tired enough where I can probably sleep straight through until tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for further updates once I explore the area a bit more.
I’m in Leiden now, but I can’t actually upload this because the hotel I’m staying at that is supposed to have free wireless internet does in fact have it, but it’s currently “down for repairs.” So I’m writing this offline and I’ll upload it whenever I get a chance to get my laptop connected to the internet.
So... Leiden. I haven’t seen much of it so far, so I can’t really give a fair assessment of it. The hotel I’m staying at is outside of the center of the town, so there isn’t really much to look at in the vicinity of the hotel except for a highway and some farm animals. It’s technically within walking distance of the center of town, but it would be a long walk, and I’m too tired from the flight to attempt that. I’ll get a bike tomorrow (it’s very flat here, and thus everybody travels by bike) so that will aid in my ability to explore the area.
The Lorentz Center (where the conference is at) is within walking distance also, and I did walk to that today just to see where it was, so that I can find it tomorrow morning. It’s a nice walk, a bit remote though. And I did also see a bit of what the “center of town” looks like when I took a taxi from the train station in town out to the hotel. From what I could tell, it seems like a nice, quaint village/city of sorts. And I wasn’t kidding, people really do travel by bike here. Sure, there are lots of cars, but biking is such a popular mode of transportation that there are separate “bike roads.” They even have their own traffic lights!
I don’t think I have much else to say. It’s almost 5pm here, I’ve been at here since around 10 this morning. I am soooooooooooooooooo tired, it’s been a struggle to stay awake all day. I’ll give it a few more hours and then let myself fall asleep, I’m tired enough where I can probably sleep straight through until tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for further updates once I explore the area a bit more.
posted by Mike at 9:47 PM
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