Hofje van Maas Zandvoort

Wow, this trip has come to its end. I'm back in Amsterdam now (back to the 'real world', according to some :-) , which means I've gone full circle around the globe. This journey has certainly been amazing, and at times, downright mind-blowing!        With a tear (end of my fabulous trip) and a cheer (excitement about heading home), I left Buenos Aires on Wednesday afternoon.    The flight with British Airways, via Sao Paulo, to London took about 15 hours. The Club ...

... there was texture. My favorite room had this beautiful mosaic tree with a large branch coming out of the wall and across the espresso bar, from the tree they hung a tip jar and some other random stuff. Even the ceilings popped out of the wall and were decorated. It was very cool. As soon as we got to the Van Gogh Museum it started hailing. It hailed so hard it sounded like there was constant thunder outside, perfect timing to be ...

... during the day. It wasn't anything special during the day (I actually felt sorry for the girls). Today we are planning on doing a boat cruise of the canals and maybe some shopping... not that I have any room in my bag! Love you all and will keep you posted. In the process of setting up my travel blog things. Oh and after our first full day here when we went on a nearly four hour walking tour Trent and I slept for 12 hours! See ya Megan & Trent

... any Canadians in the area seem to give us a hand. It's really cool. We also helped two Brazilian ladies find places. We're total idiots on the roads though, huge amounts of people and we kinda just slam through them, apologizing the entire time. Playing the part, right? Oh, abuot the title. All the McDonalds have regular menus, no Royales. I'm gonna try tomorrow anyway. Will keep you posted. Good quote as Ty and I walked ...

... brother Theo. We left the museum to head to the Heinekken Brewery for a tour - however they are closed on Mondays so that was the end of that. We then headed - once again in a taxi due to the rain - to the House of Anne Frank. Poor Ben hadn't actually read the book, but I think he still enjoyed it as there were excerpts from her diary on the walls - it was pretty self explanatory. Was a fantastic museum as they had video clips from those who knew the Frank family ...

... around noon. We had a little scare when Rob couldn't find his VISA... but crisis averted, he found his card in our room (fiou!) From there we took a taxi to our accommodations for next three days: the FriendShip! This place is so cool! This B&B has a full kitchen, dinning area, full bath and bedroom with internet and tv included! We unpacked and had a quick brunch (with the food already provided from the owners). We then went out and walked ...

... middle of November and is when Sinterklaas and his helpers travel around the country, visiting hospitals, schools, shops, restaurants, and even homes during the three weeks before the main Sinterklaas celebration. Sinterklass and his Piets seem to be everywhere at once, asking about children's behavior and listening through chimneys. The children leave their shoes out with carrots and hay for the horse. In exchange the Piets ...

Hey guys, Sorry, I haven't updated this in a while. School started 2 weeks ago and as you may know, it's pass/fail for me so while I plan on going to (most of ;-) my classes, I'm probably not going to be doing much work outside of class beyond the necessary assignments. As such, we all still have lots of free time and my weeks boil down to: school during the day, party at night. Heineken has to be one of the cleanest drunks in the word. Before I continue w ...