Eliot's Travels

Initial Observations

Some of the things I noticed that first week back that struck me as odd or different: sugar, toilets, and space.

The sugar is so fine here. In Holland, even the baking sugar was pretty coarse and moist (given the humidity). I kept thinking that I was missing something and putting in such a small amount of the traditional white sugar. And it flowed rather than clumped.

The toilets seem so full of water. When I looked into the bowl, I thought it was overflowing. Nope that's just how full US toilets are. It was nice not having "the shelf" !

The biggest thing I noticed the amount of space - between houses, on the road, and the size of the roads and sidewalks. The density here is so low compared to Delft and Randstad generally. Everything is so much more spread out, less compact.

posted by Whitney @ 5:20 PM