For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Netherlands for the Applied Category Theory workshop and conference. I stayed in a suburb called Katwijk aan Zee. I ended up working with Pawel Sobocinksi‘s group on modelling of open and interconnected systems. I only went to Leiden, so all the pictures are from there.
In the Netherlands, restaurants don’t like it if you just want water. They have bottled (like in glass, not plastic) water, which comes in two varieties: red and blue. The colors just refer to the labels, where red is for bubbly, and blue is for “still” (not bubbly). If you want free water, you have to ask for tap water. Some places won’t even give you that. I almost always order water when I go to restaurants, so this was mildly annoying.
Some alley:
Joe, Blake, Jade, a bridge lifting thingy
Jade, Joe, Tai, Blake, Jules, Pablo, Brad, on a boat in a canal
Joe, Jules, Jade, a canal and dam that lets out into the North Sea
A windmill I passed while on a boat ride
selfie in front of Leiden City Hall
A canal in a really sciency neighborhood
A windmill and a canal
Joe Moeller 
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