Goodbye Leiden

Thursday I went back to Leiden to pick up old mail and return the key of the appartment to my former roommate. My contract runs till June 1st, after that I’m an official resident of my hometown again :)

I had to work in the morning so I travelled from Amsterdam CS to Leiden. When I still lived in Leiden I always felt a little homesick when I saw the train to Amersfoort that leaves on platform 14B when I hopped on the train to Leiden that leaves on platform 14A *gulp* Now it’s the other way around … when I see the Leiden train I get this weird mix feeling of nostalgia and feeling happy. Even though living in Leiden was good, I’m happy I’m back in my hometown again.

So it felt a little weird to travel to Leiden again. Walking to my former appartment, seeing all the people rushing through the streets. Even though Leiden is a small city I noticed living in the city really made me miss “green”. Now I can walk my dog at the ponds close to my home and marvel at the beauty of the country side when I take the train to Amsterdam :P I still need to make nice “travel by train through Holland” pictures / footage *lol*

Unfortunately my former roommate wasn’t at home when I arrived at the appartment. I had texted him saying I would come round that day. I had hoped to meet him and really say goodbye, but I guess he was busy with classes. I went through the mail and all the commercial folders we receive, picked up the mail and some parcels. It felt strange to see my old room, almost empty … my small desk and bookshelves on the place I left them… A sadness came over me, the place didn’t feel as my ‘home’ anymore.

At first I thought about waiting for my former roommate to come in. But since I had a date with Lucifer I had thought it was better to just leave. I did texted him about the keys though :P Together with Lucifer I went to see Indiana Jones 4 at the cinema. I also scored a cool ‘Indiana Jones Wristband’ goodie :D The movie was really good, but hahaha … I’ll write a review about it later this weekend. It’s time I wrote more of those ~

In Diary on May 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off