you know its spring when...

• You are dumbfounded with the sudden increase of Maastricht's city centre population
• Teenagers engage in licentious behaviour dressed in their scantily clad outfits
• All the Andy Roddick's and Maria Sharapova's from all over the world start getting all competitive at the Guesthouse tennis courts
• The smell of barbecued food lingers in the evening air
• There is an increase in tourists
• You sincerely get invited to outings by your local friends where they excitedly say "hey, lets go eat strawberries at that grass patch there and enjoy the sun!"
• Or you get dates which read "Eh, wanna go study in the sun together?"
  
• Poh and Sherman are perspiring at 100 sweat drops/min
• Your Caucasian counterparts are getting pink!
• People can be strolling along the pavements and then once a tiny beam of sunshine manages to burst through some nook, and with an unspoken acquiescence they will spontaneously plop their butts down in the middle of nowhere to bask in the warmth
• When the flowers in Maastricht a bit acting Keukenhof
  
• Ice cream sales are sky rocketing
  
• You have flies/moths/insects as companions as they stubbornly glue themselves to the walls of your room
• Everyone is carrying a H&M plastic bag containing new spring/summer apparel
• The thought of sitting INSIDE a cafe is ludicrous
  
• The thought of sitting at an alfresco cafe and have your back facing the sun is equally absurd too (Everyone faces the sun and talks to each other while sitting side by side)
• Thoughts of finding the closest beach to Maastricht can even enter your mind
• Kids hide in bushes with their loaded super-soakers patiently waiting for their next target
• You eavesdrop on a conversation that its now officially Spring
  
• Dowdy winter clothes were so yesterday

Contributed by Alexis:

You also know its spring when:
1) your caucasian friends all start having their allergies from the pollen in the wonderful spring air

2) suddenly having bbqs are the most natural thing to do when having an event.

3) drinking beer out on the lawn while enjoying the sun means that you are maximizing your time in the sun

4) you dont have to bring a jacket 'just in case' when you go out to the city at night

5) a night not going out into the city/ having a party is considered a wasted night

6) you have evening class and its still bright outside when class is over

7) people look at you weirdly when you say you want to study IN the library when there is so much lawn space outdoors

goodbye winter,

acting emo on a snowy afternoonThank you windbreaker, sweaters, scarves, gloves, thermal wear for keeping me warm during the winter, now is your rest time

hello spring!

I seriously have no clue where all these people suddenly came from
"Shagg lah, time for some bermudas".
Check out the roundabout near our guesthouse looking all pretty and accessorized :)

Enough of winter already,
I'm embracing spring like never before! :)