Hotel Tesselhof De Koog

... Terschelling West etc.  Had some lunch(typically dutch "warm sandwiches" at the seaside of course and then walked around looking at everything.  At 6pm we arrived back home after a long and emotional day and cooked dinner.  We had potatoes with raw witlof just like mum used to make and a piece of steak.  Yum, Yum.  The weather is still fine not cold now we will see what tomorrow brings."

... houses, city hall and shops. We had dinner in the Center Square at a small hotel. There are houses built directly on the canals (the canals are very shallow). It is really interesting. Again, I had to watch out for bicycles--I swear I'm going to get run over before I leave, but at least I don't have to travel by one. (By the way, Cejae, Adam, Bucky and Melody: Gyongyi ...

... I headed off to buy a bike pump only to find out that almost all the shops were closed. The only shop I found to be open on Sundays is a tiny bike rental company next to the main train station. There I bought a pump and headed back home. Of course the pump didn't fit. I walked to bike to the company. I had them fill it up and I ...

... It was very dangerous but very fun, Brett did really good! We were able to see so much of the city and our tour guide (who had a huge potty mouth) was great we even got to stop off at the pet store so he could get some food for his pet hamster that had no name. We thought he should name him Hamsterdam but he didn't go for it. We ended up riding our bikes for three hours all over Amsterdam before heading back. The couple that we were with were ...

... EVERYONE. Cigarettes, pot, all manner of material. If it can be lit on fire and inhaled, the Dutch have found a way to do it (as well as a way to package it for individual sale). Back to it: So everything seemed cutesy. I checked into the hostel, pushed the seediness factor to the back of my head and went out in search of food. After eating, continued to walk around (it's now dark outside and raining). If one word were used to sum it all up, that word ...

I took a day trip out to The Hague before starting work. While my guidebook calls it "Amsterdam's stern maiden aunt", the city had several nice museums. I made it to the Mauritshaus, the Binneof, and the International Court of Justice before my feet started to throb and I had to go home.

I blinked and Munich was over. Such a great time and I met such great people. I have a theory in life that good people attract other good people and this trip definitely helped solidify that. Our last night was super fun and we met some cool ass chics. The weather in Munich stayed beautiful for us. Just 2 days of rain, the rest were amazing. Arriving in Amsterdam in a bit, a little hungover but totally psyched. Thank you Munich for the time of my life!

In order to try and avoid boring everyone to tears with the more mundane aspects of life (since I'm not traveling or anything, there isn't too much interesting to report on more than once or twice a month) I'm going to be updating this approximately once a month (unless of course, something really exciting happens :) ) A few big changes since the last entry. One, as most of you know by now; I have a job! I began working for Accenture on August 18th, and have spent ...

... are often vantage points with benches for sitting and birdwatching. We spent most of our time on Texel beachwalking and dune hiking and saw several birds (which we still need to look up) that we hadn't seen before. As we were leaving Texel we happened on another festival. This one was celebrating 100 years of ferry service between the island and the mainland. Texel is known for its lamb which has a special taste ...

... so i got to meet his cat! He had to leave quite soon to go to work - he works long shifts at a bar/cafe - night shiufts until 2am. Be he enjoys the work, so i guess that is all that matters! Eveline popped around in the later afternoon for dinner - It was so exciting to see her too, as i had not seen either of them in 7 years - and its amazing how little ...