Working Girl

Work started! I work in Ijmuiden which is a big port city of holland. This is the regular view during the drive in: 

 There are also some nice each views. My office looks out on a lighthouse, it's all very nautical. 

 As you can see I work in a plant and do have to wear safety boots and a helmet. 

In Houston, helmet stickers are a thing... Drillers trade them, companies give them out.. It's a hot commodity. One colleague even told me he could sell an old one for over $100. No comment on the sanity of the buyer, but it's no joke.

Here, all helmets are sticker free! So alas, my hat is now contraband and I'm breakin the mold... Just like an American! 

In other news, my rental car is an automatic/standard mix. You have to brake and go to neutral before going to drive or reverse and it has an 'auto' feature as well as some sort of gear shift... I thought it stalled and had to call a coworker (already very nice) to drive back from home just to teach me you have to brake while turning the key on!! Its a fiat 500, but maybe I DON'T want the Italians to be here. 

Ciao!