Utretch

I spent a few hours in Utrecht today which is 25 minutes away from Amsterdam. It's a student city, a bit smaller and more low-key than Amsterdam. Sundays are slow days in the Netherlands so it was pretty empty, but we weren't planning on staying for long so it didn't matter much. It's quite pretty as evidenced by the photos I'm attempting to post. They have two level canals, meaning there's a street above/along the canal (like in Amsterdam) but there's also a street canal level where there are also shops. They built a second level after they realized they built the streets to high (I think, something like that). It was a nice day trip even though today's perpetual mist seemed intent to mar it. Which brings me to another point. Amsterdam isn't a city known for its weather, but compared to what I was expecting, I think it's been more than tolerable. It's never that cold and even though it rains often, it almost never does for long and almost never heavily. It basically drizzles once or twice a day. I don't understand what other people were expecting! I'm pleased with the weather of the past couple of weeks, the Californians have to buck up and take it! Sorry it isn't a breezy 65 degrees, but I prefer the generally calm mid-to-high 30 degree weather any day to the below freezing shit going down in NYC before I left!
I'm now off to do some work (and by "off," I mean I'm staying in the same spot). Sunday!!