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... I put warm cherries on top!"
"Excellent, I thought I might have missed out,it's getting late."
"Ah, I know you coming!" he said cheerily
I got two scoops of Cherries (as it was the end of the night) and a plastic fork that was wholly unfit for the task so after several muinutes the citzens of Maastricht got to witness me consuming a cherry laden waffle by hand - messily, fortunately my friend the waffle man had also given me a napkin ...

... me missing As). Even this mistake was quickly corrected now that I had a map (I couldn't tell where the sun was anyway).
I crossed back into the Netherlands about 330 (although I don't remember the sign) and was in Maastricht around 30 minutes later. It has got to be one of the Nicest places I have yet been, and the full swing of late Xmas night shopping as dusk fell made the atmosphere even more convivial.
I was again heading for a hostel because I had ...

... a tourist. Berlin almost had that vibe, but just missed out, but I must say that Copenhagen definitely made me feel that way in just 2.5 hours. Ella, I am quite jealous of the time you will get to spend there as a student!

I left Copenhagen in the mid-afternoon for Malaga, on the Costa del Sol in the south of Spain, to visit friends of my grandmother's there. Upon arrival, I was highjacked by a man speaking in Dutch, asking if I spoke English and Spanish. He was quite relieved ...

(Steve)

Before heading off on our trip, I contacted some of our relatives in Holland and they invited us to spend a few nights with them. So whilst in the Netherlands we stayed with two families and were treated very well, enjoying home cooked meals, fantastic dutch beer and good company. We first travelled to Boukoul to stay with Peter, Ingeborg (Dad's cousin) and their family Maud(14), Hugo(12) and Twan(10).
Arriving in Roermond late in the ...

... and a little kitchenette in the corner. There is also lots of floor space in case anyone wants to come visit me! J (haha Then we would of course purchase a nice mattress and some blankets, would still be cheaper than a hotel room.)

After school today I am supposed to call the rental agency. I think I will just go there and talk to them and hopefully pick up the key. I am nervous about moving out of Nil’s house ...

... and see if she was also by herself, potentially a new friend. I’m glad I talked to her! Her name is Melanie and she is from Hamburg, just visiting friends in Aachen for the weekend. She was sitting outside alone because you aren’t allowed to smoke in the bar. She was very very nice and pretty much made my night. We spoke mostly in German but she wanted to test her English out a little bit on me, too. She said I was courageous for coming ...

... I guess at least its not one Euro… I am wearing my new long sleeve shirt my parents got me at the Indy airport (it came in handy guys), pants and tennis shoes. It is kind of chilly here, I would say about 55 or 60 degrees F. Now looking at some countryside. There are many tall towers here that look like lookout points. I have probably seen at least 5 already.

Looking forward to getting to Aachen and relaxing a little bit. I don ...

... we went to was covered with Americana paraphernalia. Everything from Route 66 signs, to the tackiest Statue of Liberty I've ever seen, painting a blinding gold.

After we were done with pool, we decided to drive around some. I got a mini tour of Aachen, and Hans and Yvonne wanted ice cream. There were two gelato places nearby, but we drove past both. "Where are we going for ice cream," I asked. "KFC!" grinned Hans. I couldn't believe it! After ...

Reveil sous la pluie c'est la fete !! Bon aller on se met quand meme en place pour finalement changer d'emplacement apres avoir achete de quoi casser la croute. Finalement le 2eme choix etait le bon en 2/2 on se retrouve a la frontiere grace a un gros barbu puis ...

... Belgium’s two greatest commodities. After we picked our lunch items from the one-third of the supermarket aisles dedicated to groceries, Amber got side-tracked admiring the second third of the aisles, all dedicated to chocolate, while I went AWOL in the last third of the supermarket, eyeing off all the shelves stocked with beer.

We cycled back the way we came to return once again to The Netherlands ...