3AM in Amsterdam

Well, I finally found time to sit at the computer without a line of 3 or 4 people waiting to use it after me. I guess that is what happens when the hotel has only one computer and free internet. Amsterdam has been amazing. All of the canals haev made me even more excited to see Venice! What a refreshing change to have people speak English again too! I'm sorry to say but the rumors are true...the French are mean. I met one super sweet lady that ran the restaurant we ate at in Versailles. She was adorable and I learned that I know a lot more French thatn I thought when talking with her. Today in Amsterdam, we walked to Anne Frank's house. What a cool expereince that was! We also took a super fun trip to the Heiniken factory. they have this thing called "the heiniken Experience" where they have everything from a ride simulation where you go through the bottling process to trying beers at 3 different bars throughout. People kept giving us tokens for the free beer so we ended up staying a little longer than planned :) I met a guy on the Rugby team at U of A at the factory...what a small world! Tonight we all went out to the hot spot of Amsterdam and went to a club where we danced the night away! I forgot to tell you all some things in the last blog...IN England, we also went to see STOMP which was porbably one of the coolest tings I have ever seen. If you get a chance, go see it!!! We are off to Heilberg, Germany bright and early tomorrow and I can't wait to get a braut (not sure how to spell that). I'll let you know how it goes later!! Love you!!!

Finally!!

Sorry it has taken me so long to write on this. The days here have been non-stop and very long, but sooo much fun!! So far, we have been to London, Paris, and are now in Amsterdam. IN order to catch everyone up, I'll just make a list of some things I have done or highlights of the trip:
* riding bikes through the gardens of Versailles....AMAZING! Talk about a palace! The gardens go as far as you can see and have gazeebos and fountains hidden through it (the pics don't even do it justice)

*seeing the Eiffel tower in a torenchal downpour with gale force winds...oh and did I mention we were all dressed in going out clothes...I've never been colder in my life

*walking through the red light district of Amsterdam...quite the experience. I've never seen anything like it
*mom and dad you'll be proud...I tried my first mussel in Paris and took a pic so you'll belive me
* eating the most delicious belgium waffle in Brussels. It had Belgium chocolate on it and whip cream!!!
When I get more time, I'll write in more detail. I love you and miss you all!!!

P.S. Jane....seeing foreign countries is not the same without my international traveling companion

I made it!!!

Hello all! Well I made it safely to London. It has been a long day of travel. Apparently, me and airports just don't get along and I have a new loathing for the TSA security people. Let's just say they kept giving me bad directions in San Francisco and I had to walk through 3 different security check points to get to the right terminal. But after all of that, I made it to my plane, uggage got here, and so far there are 7 people from the 50 that will be on my bus (only 1 boy so far...bummer) However, I think he will be a lot of fun to hang out with. Everyone so far is also in college. There is a huge group of girls from Kentucky and then Adam jsut graduated from Duke. We all went out to a local coffee shop and had some coffee and pastries since it was so early. They ahve a big dinner planned for the group tonight and then the MTV is supposedly putting on a party for us tonight so we'll see how that goes. No room assignment yet...I'll keep you updated on the rest of London but it's looking to be quite a fun trip!!!!

Can't wait for Europe!!

I have decided to set up this blog so all of my friends and family can keep up with me while I am traveling through Europe. I leave on May 24th and will be gone for about a month. I'll try to post as often as possible so you can follow me through my adventures!!