From the 5th to the 15th of January, I attended a training session in Egmond, Holland. Now, I can't talk about it too much in public because, well, it's a secret, and if _I_ didn't get to know what it was about beforehand, than neither should anyone else.
Regardless, I can summarize by saying: it was intense. We all (I think) had a most amazing time, we all learned a lot, we all ate a lot of bread, and we all drank a lot. The days were long, usually 13 hours (in three blocks four-hour classes, plus breaks and intro's), followed by evenings in the bar at the hostel, drinking 2-euro, .75L Heinekens. Which are, by the way, the ONLY beer you'll find in hostels in Holland. (Well, that and 'Palm', which I understand is Belgian, and is in fact quite tasty. I'd never had it before - it's good!) Also to be found in all the hostels in holland - pool table. Internet computer. Talkative, friendly bartenders. Mediocre food.
The food, well, it seemed like they were trying, they just never quite 'got it'. Bread at breakfast (no toaster...) with cheese (not the good dutch stuff, but some bland-ish other stuff) and meats (pretty good, these), muesli and yogurt (except for the 5 days they ran out of yogurt), fruit (well, some days they had fruit). It sufficed, i guess, but I don't want to eat bread again for some time.
Lunch was the same thing, except no muesli, and they introduced a soup, which was usually cleverly created from last-nights dinner. mmm.
Dinner would switch to some sort of meat-in-sauce, accompanied by two types of starch (usually potato and potato), an overcooked vegetable, and salad. Then they'd have a dessert, usually some sort of ice-creamy thing.
All told, the food was passable, and it certainly got the job done.
Gotta go, i'll keep on this one later-
ciao
taj
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