Introduction
First I'd just like to say why I'm here. I'm studying abroad for a semester in the Netherlands. My school owns a 17th c. castle here and each semester about 80 kids come over and study with the intentions of traveling around Europe every weekend (or until they run out of money) and on two week long travel breaks (one to Paris one to Florence). The castle operates similarly to the Boston campus, in that classes are similar (obviously there are less of them and they tend to be more European focused), there are dorms, and a dining hall. Basically it's a small European version of Emerson, but with a pub in the dorm (lol), and the dorm is much much cooler.
The castle is located in a small village called Well. It is very quaint and cute. I have never been to a place like it. Everyone seems very happy and friendly. People are constantly out riding their bikes and people say "hi" to you everywhere you go (being a New England native, this is quite a change). It is against the law here not to recycle. Everywhere you go they are environmentally- conscious and very resourceful. A few things that I need to get used to are the fact that they eat chocolate sprinkles on sliced bread (yuck) and they food is pretty different from the food in America. Since I am a picky eater this is going to be difficult. I think it will all work out for the best though.
I'll have more pictures hopefully up soon. I'm going to Belgium (Brauges, it's about 3 hours from here) this weekend. I'm really excited to travel. The weekend after that I'm going on a required trip to Amsterdam (no, I'm not going to smoke, sorry), and the weekend after that I'm planning on going to London. I'm really really excited about flying to London. And the crazy thing is how cheap it is. The actual flight is 1.50 euro, which is about $1.65 (or something like that) in America. It really blows my mind. With tax, however, is going to make it end up being about 40 euro. Still, ridiculously cheap.
I rented a bike for the semester. It has a bell and a headlight. I haven't taken it out yet, but I'm pretty excited about it.
I think this is it for now.
The castle is located in a small village called Well. It is very quaint and cute. I have never been to a place like it. Everyone seems very happy and friendly. People are constantly out riding their bikes and people say "hi" to you everywhere you go (being a New England native, this is quite a change). It is against the law here not to recycle. Everywhere you go they are environmentally- conscious and very resourceful. A few things that I need to get used to are the fact that they eat chocolate sprinkles on sliced bread (yuck) and they food is pretty different from the food in America. Since I am a picky eater this is going to be difficult. I think it will all work out for the best though.
I'll have more pictures hopefully up soon. I'm going to Belgium (Brauges, it's about 3 hours from here) this weekend. I'm really excited to travel. The weekend after that I'm going on a required trip to Amsterdam (no, I'm not going to smoke, sorry), and the weekend after that I'm planning on going to London. I'm really really excited about flying to London. And the crazy thing is how cheap it is. The actual flight is 1.50 euro, which is about $1.65 (or something like that) in America. It really blows my mind. With tax, however, is going to make it end up being about 40 euro. Still, ridiculously cheap.
I rented a bike for the semester. It has a bell and a headlight. I haven't taken it out yet, but I'm pretty excited about it.
I think this is it for now.
posted by Rachel at 2:28 AM
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