Em83

Another week has gone by and there are just two weeks left! only 6 more days working at the centre which seems crazy. Last week passed extremely quickly and on Friday afternoon we (me, kerrianne, and sophie) left the centre a little early and caught the train to Colombo. On the train tehre was a group of people from the UN and they sang for the 2 1/2 hour journey which was quite an interesting experience. we also got a sweet cup of tea which was a lovely treat. Upon arrival we barginned for a tuktuk to take us to Sophie's friends house. A rather interesting experience b/c as we soon found out hte drivers are prone to saying they know where they're going but actually don't! Kerri and I found a hotel in teh guidebook ... read more

Have arrived in Kandy and spent my first day out volunteering. Due to some interesting organization the placement situation is a little interesting but we spent the morning at a day care with 40 kids who were pretty crazy. They colored in birds that we had traced because they don't have a photo copier which makes group activities very tricky as everything must be hand made! We got some lunch (Sweet and sour chicken) and then went to a street childrens project which we were going to give up on however some kids started to arrive and then this girl who is volunteering here too. She gave us her contacts and opened up 2 new projects for us! So we'll be working with younger kids as well as some older ones. Kandy itself is very lively ... read more

so we went to amsterdam which was great!! we went on the walking tour, went to a dance night where a live trumpet player solo-ed along with a dj. we also ate at a great veggie restaurent. we had a nasty run in a with a rather grumpy waiter. we saw down and on the menu it said these mini dutch pancakes were 5 euros and we were kinda questioning it anyways and so we ordered them and she said ok 5.50 and we said oh hm i don't htink we'll stay then. and then she got all mad and said we couldn't just leave we had to pay for the food because she'd sent the order to teh kitchen already and we had to take it. we were rather put off by that. the night ... read more

well its been quite awhile and i hadnt even realized!! we spent the next day at kirstens doing lots of walking. we went to the rhine and walked up a hill of vineyards and at the top there was a statue honoring some battle germany had won. it was really cool but def a little rainy still...on our way back we went halfway up a mountain close to kirstens house and got a bus to the top and then walked down. it was a really active but pleasant day! we had a very german meal for dinner, a green sauce with potatoes and egg and then apple pancakes for dessert. the next morning we got up early to catch our train to bremen. we made sandwiches and took some of tats birthday cake for the train. ... read more

It's now monday when im writing this but i dated it Saturday as i have quite a bit of catching up to do! on Friday we wnet to the musee d'orsay which is by far my fav. musuem in paris. the paintings there are much more to mz liking and its so much more mangable. we got in for free again! yey! and i made sure to take time to look at every differnet painting and found many by famous artists that id never seen before to be really amazing. i esp liked monets snow paintings which it turns out are actually quite famous. i just didnt know!! after the musuem we went and sat in the jardin des tuileries and ate bagettes and cheese and felt very french and lovely. it was a really pleasant ... read more