Last trip!

Sorry I haven't done a very good job posting since my last trip.  Its hard to believe that I've been home for about three weeks now.  The weekend after my Morocco trip, Daniela and I went to Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  Again, we flew out of the Girona airport before 7 AM.  This meant we had to take a cab at 3 to the bus station which would then take us to Girona.  From Girona, we flew to Eindhoven, a town almost 2 hours from Amsterdam.  Here, we caught ANOTHER bus to finally arrive in Amsterdam.  Needless to say, we were exhausted when we finally got to our hostel.  However, we were very happy with the place we found to stay.  Oddly enough, quality hostels in Amsterdam aren't easy to find.  We stayed in an all girls 10-bed hostel, and we ended up making friends with all the girls staying there and the place was extremely clean with nice, helpful staff.  It was fun getting know people from all over--Israel, Germany, Canada, and Australia. 

There was already snow on the ground when we got to Eindhoven and the entire weekend was freezing.  Its definitely the coldest that I have ever been.  Everyday, I wore 3 pairs of socks, my leather boots, 2 pairs of pants, at least 2 shirts, a winter coat, 2 scarves, a hat, and gloves....and it was still cold.  Because of this, I didn't really get the chance to see as many things or take as many pictures as I would have wanted.  However, we still had a great time...just spent more time making hot drinks and sitting by the heater in the hostel than planned, haha.

Friday was consumed with traveling and napping.  We did walk around a little at night to get to know the area, however we did not do any sightseeing.
On Saturday, it snowed ALL day.  We really wanted to see the Anne Frank house, though, so we braved the weather and walked there.  The museum was extremely moving and I have always been fascinated by her story, so it was fun for me to walk through the house where she actually lived. 

We then took a a canal cruise.  This was a great way to see the pretty architecture of the city and stay warm.  We did choose to hop off to get a picture with the I AMsterdam sign.  That was about as much of the cold that we could take, and immediately got right back on the boat and headed back to the hostel.

That night, we decided to go see the Red Light District at night...very interesting to say the least, haha.

The next day, we took a walking tour of the city.  We had a really great guide and learned a lot of fun facts about Amsterdam.  However, we were only able to do about half the tour before deciding to head back to the hostel to warm up. 

All in all, we had a great trip, but it was definitely the coldest that I have ever been!  It was also really bittersweet realizing that our time was, in fact, coming to an end.
The next week and a half were consumed with paper writing and studying for exams.  I wrote about 15 pages worth of papers for 2 classes that week which is more than I've ever had to write for any of my Wofford classes, so it was a struggle for me and took about all of my time that week.  However, it was such a relief to finish my semester before picking up my mom in Barcelona on the 16th!