2024

My last trip was lovely, but it’s over. I love reading One Piece, but I can’t read that all day long. My laundry is piling, I should fix that. I’m spending my mornings in my pyjamas, and when I’m not, I’m always wearing a black t-shirt and a pair of black pants. I’m rarely seeing people outside the small circle that is my roommates and I. Sports? Haven’t used my rowing machine for a long while. The moving boxes in my room and the bathroom? Waiting for my desk and shelves to arrive to empty them.

Enough is enough. I moved in my new home for nearly two months now, I can’t continue to be routine-less. Time to get back on track!

On Monday, I started to use my rowing machine again, and I’m planning to use it five times a week. I’m trying to wear more diverse outfits again. I’m back on IRC and other chat solutions, and I get to chat every day. I’m planning more outings with friends. Waiting for the desk and shelves was an excuse, I have boxes that I can take care of, and I just did today for the most part.

I can do it! It’s amazing how deciding to get back to sport at the start of this very week helped me to change things for the best. Although it did not help with the depressive mood and anxiety I had lately, yet.

It’s been less than a month since I moved to Angoulême, but I already went for a little trip with my partner to the Netherlands. My last travel abroad was a year ago, to Brussels, but I can’t remember the last time I flew abroad on a plane! We spent two nights in Amsterdam and four in Rotterdam.

We spent two nights in Amsterdam, and four in Rotterdam. For the first two days, we stayed in Amsterdam to visit some museums and get some drinks at some lesbian bars. We thought that the bars were not really lively at first. I was a bit disappointed by the Halloween celebrations. Or the lack thereof… We also realized that most Halloween parties were planned before or after the 31st, which sounds weird to me. Am I crazy?

Following Amsterdam, when we moved to Rotterdam, we planned to visit the other big cities by hopping into a train every day.

I witnessed the worst DJ set ever in Rotterdam, but I understood that Dutch people only start to hang out for parties starting 22:30. It explained why our previous outings at bars were not so lively.

We spent the fourth day in Utrecht. This city is so beautiful, a really nice surprise after our Rotterdam experience. We visited the railway museum there and strolled around until we took a train back to Rotterdam early in the evening. Talking about trains, I spent quite some time on Mini Metro during our rides. What am I saying, it started a real Mini Metro mania. I love this game, it’s one of my favourites! Our other entertainment source while waiting was reading One Piece. I read fourteen volumes (63–77) in a week, which is not bad.

We wanted to hang out in The Hague, but since we really wanted to check the “Diva” exhibition at the Kunsthal museum, we had to free our Sunday for it. And then on Monday, the opened museum in The Hague were not interesting, so we went back to Amsterdam instead to visit Rijksmuseum and eat a Swiss fondue for our last day.

I think that this trip was brilliant. I was really charmed by their simple three trains service system, which seems to work very well for a 41.865 km² country. By the end of the trip, I kept thinking about swimming in the canals, but maybe I got indoctrinated by the France 2024’s swimmable Seine campaign. Maybe some kind of monster lives below the surface? I have the FOMO now… I’m tired and sick, so I kept it short! Anyway, you can read about the places I liked there on the dedicated Netherlands page.

I just moved to Angoulême. I’m settling, making sure that my cats feel good. I’m discovering the town and its people as well.

This is a time off I needed. I almost finished unpacking my boxes, it’s the perfect time to have occasional strolls to discover new habits here. I ordered a new desk, which should arrive late November or during December. I won’t make serious work by then.

A new life, and no serious work? Perfect time to rebuild my little corner of internet. I’m trying to put together a nice place with personality, without sacrificing accessibility from simpler web browsers ♥

Aside all those new events, I began to appreciate One Piece lately. Something about the first few arcs didn’t really worked for me, but now I’m really hyped about One Piece! Right now, I’m following the Impel Down arc.