Differences

Hello,

Schools going great, theres nothing really to tell. So i decided to tell you guys about all the differences I've noticed between here and Holland.

1. The gas prices, cars and roads. The first leading to the second and the second leading to the third. Here, they have insanely high gas prices, very small cars and very thin roads. People in Canada complain about the gas prices but they're nothing compared to here! The high gas prices force people to drive smaller cars, I havn't seen a truck since I've been here, and the largest car I've seen has been a very small mini-van. And of course the small cars lead to the thinner roads, which at first scared me alot. We'd be driving down the road, and it would look like we were going to crash into the oncoming traffic.

2. The sheep. There are sheep here like there are cows in Alberta, they're everywhere, including towns. I'll be biking to school through Delden (on my way to Hengelo) and suddenly there will be sheep sitting in someones back yard, and I think "Oh Crap, I went to far and I miss the turn, and I'm back in the country." but really, I'm still in the city, people are just farming sheep in their back yards.

3. The food. They eat a lot of bread here. They eat it for breakfast, and lunch, and for a snack between lunch and supper, and sometimes as a snack before bed. Lots and lots and lots of bread, but it's all good. Everything I've eaten here has been really good. Though I've only eaten a couple of typical Dutch foods. I had Stamppot which is mashed potatos with cabbage and lettus and some type of crunchy meat in it, that was good. And Hagelslag, which I talked about perviously. And Oliebollen, which is deepfried pastry with powdered sugar on it. And then, there are the Stroopwaffels, which I believe is the single greatest thing that happened to the world, better than sliced bread. Stroopwaffels are two thin waffer waffle like cookies stuck together with some syrupie stuff....so good.

4. The architecture. The buildings all old style, no matter when they were built.

5. The bikes. Every one bikes.

6. The schooling. There are three different levels, VWO (me), HAVO and VMBO. At grade 6, everyone takes a test and they are put into one of these levels, where they will take 6 more years of schooling. In grade 7,8,9 every student has to take the same courses, and then in grade 10, you choose a stream. Either cultural, economic, biological science or technical science, depending on what field of work you want to go into. Also, at my school, they don't have a set lunch time, just 20 minute breaks every two periods.

Thats all I can think of for now.

Doei!

Jayden

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