t'Oude Pothuys
Sunday night. i wouldnt usually be the one to hit town on a sunday night, but this was a special exeception.
Jazzy sounds at t'oude pothuys. Sunday night. Not to be missed.
I organised to go with Sarah America last week some time.Sarah is another exchange student from the art school. Shes from America. I dont know her last name?So i call her Sarah America.. I was complaining that Utrecht had a crap nightlife, and she begged to differ. Shes been here nearly a year.She told me about this place, and seeing that we both like Jazz we decided to make a go of it tonight. I had to find her apartment first though...she lives in what i like to call the twin towers...two identical highrise apartments where the majority of exchange students in Utrecht live. It was pretty cool though cos they have those buzzy things where you press the button and they talk to you through a speaker phone and let you in. Very cool!
She told me that her flatmates were coming. But i didnt expect 8 of them!Going out in town in Utrecht is pretty hilarious. Especially in winter. Nobody would even think of dressing up in skimpy clothing like many young girls do in New Zealand. Nope. Here you wrap up in as many items of clothing as you can and hop on your bicycle for 10minutes into town. All 9 of us went in convoy. It was a pretty funny site. Overtaking the roads..and then when a car came somebody would shout 'CAR' and we automatically went into single file. It was fun times.
As soon as I entered t'oude pothuys i knew i was at home. You go these steps into a kind of underground basement/dungeon and immediately soak in the atmosphere.. Its pretty small and cosy, we are lucky we scored a table. The music was absolutely fantastic.5 piece jazz band -saxophone,piano,double bass, guitar, drums. No idea what their name was, they were dutch, but they were dang good.The best ive experienced. My dad would love it. Hes obsessed with jazz. He would be very proud of me. To be honest, jazz is probably one of my favourite music genres. I have always secretly liked it. But when you are young, there is no way you can like the music that your father does!Its just not cool. But now im over it, Dad i think jazz is flippin cool! Anyhow, it was a great night. Had good chats with all Sarah's flatmates..very multicultural flat of course - america, portugal, italy, taiwan...they were all really cool and said im welcome at their apartment anytime. Anyhow, it seems that we're gonna make jazzy sounds sunday a regular
thing.
(photos - jazz band, table - KJ, me, Sarah, Juao)
Bring it on.
Jazzy sounds at t'oude pothuys. Sunday night. Not to be missed.
I organised to go with Sarah America last week some time.Sarah is another exchange student from the art school. Shes from America. I dont know her last name?So i call her Sarah America.. I was complaining that Utrecht had a crap nightlife, and she begged to differ. Shes been here nearly a year.She told me about this place, and seeing that we both like Jazz we decided to make a go of it tonight. I had to find her apartment first though...she lives in what i like to call the twin towers...two identical highrise apartments where the majority of exchange students in Utrecht live. It was pretty cool though cos they have those buzzy things where you press the button and they talk to you through a speaker phone and let you in. Very cool!
She told me that her flatmates were coming. But i didnt expect 8 of them!Going out in town in Utrecht is pretty hilarious. Especially in winter. Nobody would even think of dressing up in skimpy clothing like many young girls do in New Zealand. Nope. Here you wrap up in as many items of clothing as you can and hop on your bicycle for 10minutes into town. All 9 of us went in convoy. It was a pretty funny site. Overtaking the roads..and then when a car came somebody would shout 'CAR' and we automatically went into single file. It was fun times.
As soon as I entered t'oude pothuys i knew i was at home. You go these steps into a kind of underground basement/dungeon and immediately soak in the atmosphere.. Its pretty small and cosy, we are lucky we scored a table. The music was absolutely fantastic.5 piece jazz band -saxophone,piano,double bass, guitar, drums. No idea what their name was, they were dutch, but they were dang good.The best ive experienced. My dad would love it. Hes obsessed with jazz. He would be very proud of me. To be honest, jazz is probably one of my favourite music genres. I have always secretly liked it. But when you are young, there is no way you can like the music that your father does!Its just not cool. But now im over it, Dad i think jazz is flippin cool! Anyhow, it was a great night. Had good chats with all Sarah's flatmates..very multicultural flat of course - america, portugal, italy, taiwan...they were all really cool and said im welcome at their apartment anytime. Anyhow, it seems that we're gonna make jazzy sounds sunday a regular
thing.
(photos - jazz band, table - KJ, me, Sarah, Juao)
Bring it on.
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