Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition: an instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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I have spent the past three months lamenting not living in Leiden anymore. Not to mention my friends, I sorely miss all the little corners of the quaint city that were the source of much joy whilst I lived there. The canals I walked on when they froze, and kayaked in when not, that one little corner of the library which got me in the zone not matter how distracted I may have been, the cosiest cafés I know… My apartment and its many windows, two of which faced east and west, that kept me awake during summer solstice for over 24-hours, only three of which were spent waiting for the sunlight to reappear.

Cycling, Serendipity & Zemblanity

I had a potentially dangerous, but eventually funny accident last Tuesday while riding to the Leiden Students' Movie Night. At a fairly high speed, I was flung over the handlebars of my bicycle when the dynamo came loose and got stuck in the front wheel. Funnily, I landed on the grass, without a scratch. The front mudguard came loose and a couple of spokes in the front wheel were slightly bent. The bike had dutifully served me for over 2500 kilometers over the past six and a half months, but the time had come to move on - at least as far as recreational riding was concerned.