I was so groggy when I woke up... Adam's call startled me. He got to the airport earlier than he was supposed to arrive, and he had even picked up his luggage already when he called. I rushed to get changed and headed to central station, where we were going to meet up. I had told him to meet me by the exits, but I didn't know there were multiple gates.... It took awhile for us to find each other, but luckily we were able to because the station had wifi and we were able to use viber to coordinate a location to meet up. He hasn't changed much since I last saw him, except he looked a little thinner! It was great to see him, can't wait to see what awaits us these next few ... read more

Time sure did go by really fast here.... Today I said goodbye to Joon. It's starting to hit me as I'm writing this, but I'm really going to miss the guys that shared this experience with me. I had the best time with them, and it's unfortunate that I won't be able to see them for at least another 3 months... Life can be cruel sometimes. I woke up around 11 am today in no hurry to get up. Joon and I had nothing planned, so we made sure to get our rest. He's going to Oakland airport after a 3 hour layover in Stockholm, because the flight he found was extremely cheap. He'll be staying for a day out in the bay area with one of his fraternity brothers, a kid who was on my ... read more

Yesterday (Friday) was unreal.... I was so excited to see tiesto!! I woke up just in time to catch the free breakfast too, so it started off as a good day. The food is simple but satisfying, consisting of whole wheat bread, 3 kinds of cereal, orange slices, milk, coffee, and peanut butter and nutella. We've been somewhat successful getting up everyday in time, but we have had a couple of days where we just stay in bed. Joon had stayed out last night pretty late with his friends, so unfortunately he was still asleep, but Will and I got up and started our days. We went to a Starbucks to try and get some work done while we were waiting for Joon. He didn't wake up until 1:30 pm.... Which is totally fine, this has ... read more

Will had spent the night at his ex gf's college, so Joon and I were on our own for today. We woke up pretty late today, past the free breakfast time, and got up to head over to the gym. It's been awhile since we've both had time to get workouts in, so we almost had a desperate urge to find an affordable gym. We finally found one called Fit for Free, a really crappy gym with basic workout equipment, shoddy locker rooms, and peeling roof tiles. Joon forgot his wallet though, and I only had money for myself, so he had to go back unfortunately. I stayed and payed about 10 euros for two days, which I thought was worth it. I met up back with Joon at the hostel around 2:45 pm, and to ... read more

We were very excited to finally arrive in Amsterdam at around 11 pm, it was the start of yet another great adventure. We didn't get so lost this time, the transportation system here is also very sophisticated but simple. We got something similar to the Oyster card called a chipperkort or something like that, which has pre-loaded credit and scans on every trolley to satisfy the payment. These things resemble trolleys from San Francisco to me, so I'm going to go ahead and just call them trolleys. Anyway, we headed straight for our hostel after Will had purchased his Eurorail ticket to Milan. It's called the Flying Pig Hostel, located about 30 minutes walking distance outside of central Amsterdam.. the red light district is pretty much the main attraction there. It's kind of nice to be ... read more