Well, as most of you know this past weekend was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Prior to my excursion to Berlin I didn't know much about the wall besides the basics-we're talking bare minimum basics. I would describe this trip as short and intense. It was a lot of information to process and experience. My traveling buddy and I went to the Jewish History Museum that was really cool they had a lot to offer in their exhibit and it covered a wide range of Jewish History without focusing excessively on the Holocaust. We also went [View Full Entry]

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So, apparently, I believe it is a European thing, people put butter on sandwiches-regardless of what is on it. Sure, I've heard of a grilled cheese/not even grilled or toasted but just cheese and butter that makes sense. NO, not here no matter what is on the sandwich there is always a base layer of butter. Not that any of you are interested, but today I had a sandwich with, you guessed it, butter, cheese, salami, spinach leaves, and pesto-surprising good! But entirely random. So, while I am on my rant I also wanted to point out that awkwardness is an [View Full Entry]

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As promised I'm going to post some pictures from Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. First of all-it was AWESOME! It was so much fun to see all of the German's in their finest lederhosen. They looked fabulous..how anyone can look good in lederhosen, I don't know, but they made it work! There were people from all over the world there in various customs representing their country or just to be silly whatever seemed to fit better. We were lucky to be one of the first groups in line for the Armbrustschützenzelt beer tent. So, when you walk in it's a HUGE tent [View Full Entry]

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Hey Everyone, I am sorry that I have become lazy with the blogging, so much has happened its hard to keep track! The first few weeks (now almost 2 months! ah!) have been amazing. We've done some short trips to other cities in Holland-such as the Den Haag, where the seat of the government is, I went to a small town Dordrecht-the oldest city in Holland, and few other random stops on the way to pick up a residence permit in Rijswijk. Holland is beautiful! and very flat! It's such a change from the mountains I am used to back in [View Full Entry]

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Hey Guys, So I finally got here after many ordeals with various planes. All my luggage arrived-thank god! It's beautiful here small enough to walk around and feel safe, but big enough that you don't see the same thing twice. The bikes have their own lanes and stoplights. I don't have any pictures yet, but they are coming! Can't wait to add more of the adventures ...stay tuned [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone- I just returned from studying abroad in Turkey (1 week) and Greece (2 weeks). It was incredible. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing it was to be in such close proximity to ruins. Being able to walk on them and touch them (in Turkey at least) is an experience I highly recommend to anyone. Personally, I felt that Turkey offered better ruins than Greece, I know thats a lofty statement, but by the time we had reached ruins in Greece we had already seen at least 10 sites in Turkey that were incredible and virtually to [View Full Entry]

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