Well I finally over came the Jetlag to some degree and as promised I will start to write a bit about my Sabbatical here. This is my base of operation in which to explore my interest in Stem Cells and Fat Transfer for cosmetic surgery. As with any good plan I needed a base of operation so I rented a home here for two months. I will be here and travel to rest of Europe such as Italy to check out various cosmetic surgery issues as far as the Europeans go. So my humble home for the next two months is located on a canal here. This is common as the Amsterdam has lots of canals. You will also note house boats in front of my home.
My Street Amsterdam
The above picture is the street I live on here. It has a nice view and many flowers with two house boats right in front. House boat living is common here along the canals. My apartment is right behind the red smart car you can see behind the house boat.
The door is only the beginning of a long steep entrance way which is basically like doing a “stairmaster”. I may not have to jog if I use these steps more than once a day. There is no elevator here. These are typical dutch steps.
The stairs are extremely steep as you can see and they go on for about 2.5 floors. Never the less its navigable. There is a special light that one has to creep along the wall to find and turn on otherwise its very dark. All of these nuances one has to learn.
Ok now the living quarters are taken care of next will be transportation. Remember I am in Amsterdam which is the Bicycle Capital of the world so I bought a bicycle of course
After a Bicycle the most important thing to me is a good gym. I found one less than two blocks away and I signed up today ! The cost was about 100 euros for month but this is a high end gym with some great equipment and staff. Its name is a little funky.
Well other than that I laid out my study material to start on. First topic for review is basic sciences as it relates to plastic surgery. Let me see how many strands are there in Collagen molecule is it two or three? Oh yes and what about Glycine is that the major component I think so. Well I will be sure by the time the exam takes place. Seems in every day cosmetic surgery practice I do not think much about how many strands there are in Collagen.
Well that’s what I will be doing and this the start.
Until next time
doctor808
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