Date Day

Arjan and I are currently living with his parents, seeing as we had our own flat for two years before this I think it can occasionally put some strain on our relationship, not having the same freedom that we are used to and having a completely different household dynamic. Thus, it is important for us to take time for ourselves, do little things together and just get out of the house sometimes.
Sometimes it's as simple as going for a walk or heading to his Oma's to do some work in her garden. On tuesday we will have been together for three and a half years, so we wanted to do something a little special to celebrate it. I found cheap cinema tickets on the dutch version of Groupon and so we decided to have a date day.
The tickets included a free drink if you went to a showing before 5pm, so naturally we chose that option. However, the film we were desperate to see, 22 Jump Street, wasn't playing early on tuesday so we had our date day a little early and went yesterday.

It was amazing weather yesterday (and still is now) so we cycled to Sittard's Foroxity cinema for the 14:00 showing, it was very quiet but they must have had a 'silver-screen' special on another film because quite a few seniors showed up while we were waiting.
We got our free little beers (yes, they serve alcohol at dutch cinemas!) and sat outside while we waited for it to begin, then got new beers and some bugles when we headed in.
We expected the viewing to be quiet, but we were a little taken aback when we went in and found not a single seat occupied. We went straight up to the back and settled in.
The film was hilarious! As with most sequels I was worried that it wouldn't be as funny as 21 Jump Street, but it was just as good, if not better. It had us laughing uproariously on more than one occasion and we really hope there will be a third film.

Crappy iPhone picture just about captures the awesomeness.  

This was undoubtedly one of the best cinema trips I've ever had. It was just like watching a movie at home, we laughed loudly and commented on things and sat how we wanted, but we had a massive screen! We even got special treatment at the interval (yes, they also have intervals at dutch cinemas), we both went for a toilet trip and to get new drinks and one of the attendants asked "would you like the full length break or shall I just start the film when you're back in your seats?". I don't think I will be able to enjoy going to a regular film viewing in the same way ever again.

After the show we got a quick lunch and headed to the local brewery for a refreshing beer. We had a great time and were a little sad when it was all over, but by that point we were tired of cycling and I was getting sunburnt, so it was time to head home.