Saturday, April 23, 2011

Spanish Test and Dutch Flowers

Gabby and I were going to go see the famous tulips of the Netherlands, however, the owner of those picturesque fields has decided to capitalize on the tulipomania of tourists.
                                                   Pictured: Capitalism

Keukenhof (the place with the tulips) charges 21 Euro (including the bus ride) just to see them, which I suppose was reasonable enough. But then the train ride to get there cost 46 Euro. Almost 100 Euro just to see flowers en masse that you can see in the city for free? It's preposterous, so I did not go.
I'm a principled man.

Also. A note on the Spanish exam about which I promised to update you: One of my classmates added me on Facebook and I asked her about our written exam. She just told me that she thought it was a resit and wasn't necessary for me, but to be safe, I decided to ask my professor at the oral exam. When I arrived at my oral exam, I asked her whether we had had a written exam. She said no, and that we do oral one block and written the next.
So all those shenanigans didn't really have a point.

Word of the day: Schadenfreude- delight in another's misfortune.
You guys are probably feeling schadenfreude at my scurrying around trying to fix my non-existent Spanish exam.

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