An extra long synopsis of Amsterdam
Finally back in Trier from a long few weeks of travel travel. Two days after I got back from the castle I left for Amsterdam to celebrate Queen’s Day with the 5 Americans and some of our friends from Trier—Oula from Finland (he also just answers to “Finland”), and Jelena and Marthe who are both from Holland. The girls drove Anie, Jenn and I which was really awesome because we got to save a bunch of money and drive on the autobahn and see the countryside of Germany, Belgium and Holland on a short little road trip. We even got Cheetoes for Anie at a gas station and other junk food items to get the real road trip feel. Marthe dropped us all of in Jelena’s hometown of Den Bosch, and then headed to her hometown while we split from Jelena to take the train the rest of the way to Amsterdam to meet the rest of the kids coming in by train from Trier. We had 4 hours until they arrived so we left the train station in Amsterdam and we didn’t get more than 15 meters from the station before Anie was asking people where the closest coffee shop was. Jenn and I walked away pretending like we weren’t with her, but surprisingly enough she found 2 brazilian girls looking for the same thing so we made quick friends and walked together to a busy looking area of the city and stopped in the first shop we came to. I took pictures and had a coffee as Jenn and Anie excitedly partook in the novelty Amsterdam traditions 😛 We continued on our exploration and saw the city setting up for the Queen’s day festivities with people prematurely sporting their orange garb, found chocolate covered waffles and ate them, and stumbled upon the red light district on our search to find orange tights to wear the next day. No luck, so we wen’t back to the train station and met the others then took the train to Haarlem, just 10 min out, to meet Oula’s finnish friend, Meija (may-uh) who we were staying with.
yes! love it. i was hoping for an awkward drunken boy to fall into bed with you and you to live to tell about it? what? that makes no sense. actually i think i wish for a drunken boy to fall in bed with me and just cuddle. hmmm. sounds good. just kidding. i’m being super weird right now.
ok gots to go b/c i’m cleaning my room and celebrating last day of school. we’re having india palace and darjeeling limited movie night next week, sad you cannot be here. but you’re here in spirit. loves baby!