Amsterdam!

Hallo from Amsterdam! My first night here was crazy fun. I spent the night in Evelien's room because the housing office was closed when I arrived. She's rooming with a girl named Sara, who is from Spain. Sara's friend Eduardo arrived at the airport at the same I did, so Evelien picked us both up. When we finally arrived to our apartment, Sara was preparing dinner. Somehow dinner for a few turned into dinner for 7! We walked to Albert Heijn, the local grocery store, and picked up a crate of beer. Not a 24 pack, a crate. Peter (from Germany) cooked dinner, opened a beer bottle by placing two beer bottles close together and kicking the bottoms with his feet, taught us how to open beer with a lighter, and brought down some Jagermeister straight from Germany.

Peter made a wall of our empty beer bottles.

Then I introduced the Europeans to East Bay rap, such as Ghost Ride the Whip and Thizzle Dance. Sara and Eduardo taught us how to salsa, and we danced late into the night.

Eduardo and I woke up early to head to orientation, but we got lost and ended up being an hour late. I only stayed at orientation for a few hours before leaving early to get my key and bedding from the housing office. Evelien and I ended up getting lost on the way there as well, then walked across the city once more to return home. God I was tired of walking around the city! But I'm glad I skipped out on the first day of orientation, apparently it was just guest speakers, "intercultural workshops,"and getting-to-know-you games. Why is it that no matter how old you are, you're always forced into those stupid games? But tomorrow we have a city walk, museum tour, boat trip, and karaoke! We all know what happened last time I got up to sing karaoke...