DOC!

Hallo,

I am currently in Gemert, Holland, which is about 2 hours away from Bentelo (where I'm staying). Which is kind of crazy because its all the way across the country. The distances between places is strange here. It takes all of like 4 hour to drive across the entire country, which is insane, in Canada you can't get anywhere in 4 hours!
So I'm in Gemert now for DOC (dutch orientation camp), to learn Dutch and experience Dutch culture and stuff. And its really cool, I'm living with a Rotarian for a week, his names Harm, and hes really cool, he's an Architect. And I'm also living with a girl named Sara, who is another inbound from Washington.
Today we started DOC, we didn't have any language class, but we went and saw a castle and a farming museum, and got to know our fellow inbounds. At DOC there is 5 Canadians, 5 Americans, 5 Mexicans, 2 Argentineans, 1 girl from Venezuela, 1 girl from Thailand and 1 girl from Japan.
On another note, the weather in Holland is so much different! It's humid here, like you never really dry off. And it has rained off and on for the entire time I've been here! But I like it, everything here is sooo green!
And on another hand entirely(I know I'm jumping around a bunch, there is so much to tell), everyone bikes here. I know that you all know that Holland is like the bike capital of the world, but I always thought people were exaggerating a little when they said that. But no, there are bikes EVERYWHERE! And the bikes are all built for tall people(everyone in the Netherlands is tall), so starting and stopping is not very much fun, I can only touch the ground on my very tippy-toes, so starting I always wobble because I cannot push myself to start going and stopping I cant touch the ground to stable myself when I stop moving, Harm laughs at me a lot.
Ohh! and I almost forgot, my host family got me a clock! and...it ticks! very loudly. The funny thing is, I can't sleep with it! I thought that was funny.

Doei! (informal goodbye, Tot Zeins is very formal)

Jayden

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p.p.s There aren't any pictures yet, which is kind of sad, because it is a beautiful place. However I forgot my camera install disk at home, so I am emailing my parents right now to see if they can mail it to me! so pictures coming soon!