NH Maastricht

... and she clicked a couple things on the computer. (That's how it has been the whole time here, I go places and people just click things on computers: at the realtor, electric company, and opening my damage deposit account. At least when I opened my bank account the guy turned the screen towards me so I could see what he was clicking.) The lady also made a copy of my lease. When I was waiting I got a cup of water from a dispenser in the lobby ...

... and got a few things checked off of the list: Met with the rental guy and looked at the apartment and took some pictures of the apartment, then went to the bank and finished my damage deposit account and set it up so my rent will automatically be paid on the last day of every month.

I decided that I won't be able to go to Oktoberfest, at least not in Munich this year, anyway. I will try to go to another festival somewhere ...

Hi all,

Had a pretty lazy Sunday. I know that tomorrow is going to be very busy so I just wanted to relax today. Had apple strudel ala mode for lunch, haha. Then we had a turkish dish for dinner. It was chicken wings and sliced potatoes on a pan lightly smothered in tomato sauce with lots of spices and garlic. It was pretty good! I just dont like the skin or fat on chicken, and I dont like ...

After popping into and out of Germany, we were now back in Belgium. It was beginning to get a bit dark, and we still had at least 200 miles left to drive.

Gaz's motor was struggling, and threatening to overheat, so we stopped to let it cool down.

With the vehicles all decorated with stickers, we attracted a bit of attention, and a Belgian couple took our ...

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.

Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

... to use my French effectively. Ordered Orangina. The next day we went to Kinderdijk to see the windmills- it was a gorgeous, sunny day, and the mills were spectacular . A concentration of 19 or so, of different ages and shapes- oldest ones are about 300 years old. From there we headed back to Amsterdam for the last night before flying back home out of Schiphol the next afternoon. Fabulous trip!

... belted it out though and we got through the rest of the mass just fine. It was a really heartwarming experience to see the little room crowded with people who weren't quite sure of their English Catholic faith, but still willing to sing acapella to songs and stumble through the Our Father.in order to worship. We missed our 45 minute "feeding time" at the dorms because of church so we had to give European McDonalds a shot. This was disapointing :( It was ...

We made it! After about 19 hours of travel time we arrived safe and sound at our desintation. It was Kelsey's first time flying, and she handled it very well! Our flight was very smooth...and playing Bejeweled and watching movies during the flight made it seem to go by pretty fast :) Kelsey took some pictures of the flight and of when we got to Maastricht, and you ...

... It was really really fun. We each bought 0.5 liter beers and enjoyed those, and then walked around and got some food. We all got chocolate covered fruit (I got a banana) and then I bought some pizza and found out that salami on pizza is really really good! After this lllooonnnnngggg day we finally made it back to the hostel in Belgium where we rested up for the final day of our trip!

... really nice. one night i asked Emma where i could get and umbrella and she gave me one. They have a pool table with yellow and red balls, the table is smaller and so are the pockets so it's an entirely different game with different rules. some of the old guys (one is named Yors) like to look over your shoulder and tell you how to play and shoot right, it's a lot of fun. Lion is another regular there you ...