The Real Spring

by Amalia

Eindhoven’s weather has been quite strange lately. The temperature kept on going up and down. At one point, it reached 6 degrees Celsius. What kind of “spring” was this? This was definitely winter in May! The boots and jackets that I packed in boxes had been taken out again. The sun was nowhere to be seen. Weeks passed with rain and cloudy day. Such a weird weather.

Today was the first day that the weather turned back into normal (10 – 16 degrees). The sun wasn’t shy to brighten people’s day. It was such a beautiful Tuesday. I decided to go out, dressed up (yay! with my summer clothing), and enjoyed the sun. I contacted my friends Indah and Elva and we went to Centrum to do window shopping. It was a great day to be out. The wind was quite chilly — but I could survive with only wearing my flat shoes; although yes many people still wore their boots. I could see many people sitting under the sun, having beer or coffee and enjoying themselves. I used to loath sun, but now I know how it feels like for not being able to see the sun for WEEKS! It’s the most awful thing ever!

Anyway, we had a fantastic time! I always loved to do window shopping, although yes I couldn’t resist to not buy anything. Sadly, there weren’t that many discounts (I’ll keep an eye on that!). I was gonna buy a high heel red shoe that I reaaaalllllyyyy liked, but I decided to wait until I went back to Jeddah. Hmm, or should I buy it now? :PÂ