So I made it through my first week of work in Amsterdam. The people are great, and the office is very multicultural- from my team only 1 is from the Netherlands, with others from South America, Australia, New Zealand, UK and other European countries. It makes for a great atmosphere and there is always great lunch time conversation to be found in the questions 'so where are you originally from', and 'how long have you been in the Netherlands'.
I've been catching the metro to work, with my building being close by the Amsterdam Zuid station, which is the main business centre for the city, and lots of international companies have offices here. There is a parking lot dedicated just to bikes- and it is always packed full. The train is quite inconsistent, sometimes empty enough that I get a seat, sometimes so full that you don't even need to hold on to anything when you stand up, because the crowd is squeezed so tightly into the carriage that you can't possibly fall over.
The weather is pretty awful though, it is constantly grey and it feels like I'm always walking into the wind, no matter which way I'm facing. It hasn't actually been raining as such, but it has been wet, as though you are constantly walking through a fine, cold mist. The walk to and from the train is not too long though, so it's not really a problem.
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