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On Sunday I spent the morning catching you up on my adventures and leisurely ate my fill of the €3 breakfast offered at the hostel.  I decided to spend the afternoon following the canal down to the Seine.  It was still

Back in high school I would make up elaborate secret handshakes with my theatre friends.  I envisioned running into them years later on the other side of the world and doing the handshake like no time had passed.  Literally.  I’m

It’s Saturday so I don’t want to do anything too touristy (I’ve heard the lines at the Eiffel Tower are longer on the weekends) but I have a lot of touristy things to do.  I book a cruise on the

I thought I’d start my time in Paris with a free walking tour which was advertised at the hostel to start at 10am.  I hadn’t consolidated my plans or looked closely at a map, so I thought this would be

Is today, May 25th.  It’s a Catholic holiday celebrated in both France and the Netherlands, and probably a lot of other Catholic countries. Well, I can’t yet say as much for Paris, yet, but I think I love this hostel.

The train to Paris has free wifi and power points! I feel so connected!  I was planning on reading my kindle or listening to podcasts– my offline activities, but now I can write you an update! Since I didn’t take

With only 2 days left in the Netherlands, I had quite a bit of catching up to do in terms of tasting the local delicacies.  On Tuesday, Michelle took me to meet her parents who live in the middle of

After my frazzled learning experience/adventure getting to the Keukenhof on Saturday, I was determined to overcome my overwhelmment with public transportation.  First, I found a cafe on a canal where I sat in the sun and enjoyed a cappuccino and

On Sunday I met up with Michelle, Gabriel and Skyler again and we went to the beach for a walk.  The sand was fine and soft and there were windmills on the horizon (some of the locals think it ruins

I’ve only been here 2 days, but so far this is my favorite.  After finding myself walking 10 miles a day, sitting at water level at sunset, sipping wine in an old city was bliss.  I glowed for the whole