They Call Me Turtle

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Day 1.

Woke up. Traveled on the bus to Strasbourg, walked around some, ate along a river, went back to the hotel and went to bed.

Day 2.
Woke up. Went on a tour of Strasbourg with a tour guide whose accent was so thick we couldn't understand him plus it was covering really boring material and there wasn't much to see in Strasbourg. Took a two hour nap. Took a boat ride around Strasbourg there wasn't jack to see so after I went back to the hotel and went to bed.

Semi-Slow Down

Day 3.

Woke up. Bussed for some amount of hours to Interlaken, Switzerland. Our hotel was literally in a little town between mountains and my view from my room was the mountains it was b-e-a-u-ti-ful. We went out to eat at some restaurant that served cold nasty food and the waiter was inappropriate so it was a major let down. After dinner Alyda, Michelle and I went for a walk trying to get to the lake but after walking through a few farms and fields we decided to head back. I watched some football via stat tracker and then went to bed.

Day 4.
Woke up. Took the bus to the train took the train to another train and finally arrived at the top of the Swiss Alps. My god what a view! Took some group photos and individual photos and then were set free for two hours. Walked around the top of the mountains some. Then we went into the ice cave which had tunnels and sculptures throughout it made of, well obviously, ice. Then Alyda and I went for a walk and took an elevator to the very tip top of the mountains for the Sphinx view it was incredible, mountains, the clouds, it honestly looked like a painting. Took the elevator back down and went looking for the zip-line only to find out it was closed, cruddy. So we went through some tunnel and ended up on another side of the mountain where we walked a couple hundred yards before sitting down because the air was so thin we were so tired and out of breath and getting headaches. Again the view was truly something people need to see. Then it was time to head out, train to train to bus to hotel. Once at the hotel we got picked up to go canyoning. Dan (Skunk), Ben (John Deere), Amanda (Queen), Katie (Beaver), Sharon (Lips) and I (Turtle) all go to the shop and put on wetsuits and jackets and waterproof shoes and life jackets and a helmet (the helmets had names on them, names are posted next to real names), got back into the van and drove up the mountain some before we got out to walk for a few minutes. After some safety speech we hopped into the river and started walking down it. Then we got to a 5 foot drop where we stood on a rock and jumped in but the guy held onto us and pulled us when we jumped so we'd land ass first. It was FREEZING! Then we crawled underneath a rock and over some rocks before we got to the first cliff. We had to repel down which was awesome then I tried swimming into a waterfall but got royally owned. We walked down the river some and got to a real drop off. We all got in line and one by one did flips off a rock into the water below, a solid 25 foot drop. It was sick! Then we climbed a rope and went back up to jump off it again. We were instructed a few times to lay in the water perfectly stiff and we were carried by the current down the river. We stopped at a waterfall and took a group photo, went behind the waterfall and through it, so cold my head had the worst brain freeze of all time. We walked some more and got to a HUGE cliff, you bet we jumped off. I was terrified but jumped anyways, one hell of a thrill and serious adrenaline rush! There was another jumping spot where we had to jump then superman and turn to our side otherwise we would crash into rocks on either side, also sweet. After laying on our backs and floating some more we reached the end and got back into the van and back to the shop to shower, change and get a free drink. After being taken back to our hotel I went to a pizzeria in the hotel and had some delicious pepperoni pizza with Sharon and Ben. Went back to my room and got to talk to the one and only Jenacious, something that hasn't happened in a long time which sounds weird but since we're on the same trip but its all good. Then Michelle came in as Jen left and ended up talking until 1am when she left and my roommate Mike needed to be let into the hotel. So after chatting a while with Mike we finally got to bed.

Day 5.

Woke up. Had breakfast at the hotel in Switzerland and hopped on the bus, today was a lot of traveling. Read a lot of Goblet of Fire, currently on page 585 of 734. We stopped for lunch and bathroom breaks in France and then when we got back on we watched the newest Star Trek movie, still good the second time through. Finally got to the hotel, in Luxembourg, and dropped our bags off in our rooms and took off for dinner in Trier Germany. We went to a wine vineyard and got to taste 6 different wines throughout our 3 course meal. I'm no fan of wine but these were decent I guess. Bussed back to the hotel and now I'm tired so I'm heading to bed. For those of you keeping track at home...Left the hotel in Switzerland, ate lunch in France, ate dinner in Germany, sleeping in Luxembourg. Four countries in one day!

One And Done

Woke up. At 4am. Had some cereal and got in the bus for a 10 minute ride to the airport. Hung around there for a bit and hopped on the airplane from Dublin to Brussels. I read four pages before it was time to sleep. Woke up again, this time the airplane was landing and we were hopping onto a train that was going to take us to our home away from home, Antwerp. When we got back to the residence it was time to pack, it was time do clean the laundry. When I was waiting for my clothes to dry I took off to the post office and sent another bunch of postcards. After the post office and laundry I had to head back and pack up all my stuff because we are moving out of the residence tomorrow morning for good, sad. Six o'clock rolls around and we have to meet up with Dr. Wright for our last supper in Antwerp. We walked to some Japanese restaurant that's a lot like Kobe's where they make it on a grill in front of you. First up were sushi, crab leg on rice, and raw salmon on rice. I ate everything but the raw fish, I had it in my mouth but the thought of a eating a raw fish was too much for me to handle so I spit it out. A second serving was made this time it was salmon, white fish and a zucchini and on another plate was some sprouts and randomness. I've never had salmon before but my gosh it was mouth watering, and the other fish thing was solid. The zucchini and nasty sprouts stuff sat untouched, for obvious reasons. Then they gave us a spoonful of lemon sherbert as a palate cleanser. The next round of food was chicken, but it was covered in soy sauce so I had to dip it in honey mustard to make it edible. The next round (yeah we thought it was never going to end, we were plenty full by now) were some noodles and peppers and another plate consisting of fried beef, potentially steak I'm not sure he cut it so fast and served it just as fast. Our last serving was ice cream topped with strawberries, pineapple, honeydew, and kiwi and it was served in a glass of dry ice so it was steaming when we got it, it was excellent. After the restaurant even though we were stuffed we agreed we had to go to the pub in Antwerp one last time, with the motto "one and done" so I finished my last Bulluka (can't find the official spelling aka De Koninck) and came back to finish packing before we leave in the morning for Germany.

Wakey Wakey At The Zoo

Day 1 of Scotland

Starting after my last post...Before going to bed I was about to go to sleep, the Mike told me Tebow is starting the second half. Sprang up and searched desperatly for a stream finally found it and I'm so glad I did. Sorry Mike for tackling you, screaming, jumping all over the room and down the hotel hall when Tebow scored, converted the 2 points, Rivers fumbled, Tebow scored again, they got the ball back with 20 seconds left and Tebow drives to the 30 thanks to a S.I.C.K. Catch by Brandon Lloyd and the crazy scramble last second pass. Tebow Time is here and now <3 then it was time for a 3 hour nap before the next day started...

Woke up. Literaly as the Packers game was ending, sad right? My night of sleep consisted of sleeping though one NFL game. Anyways ate breakfast at 5am and hopped on the bus for a two hours, so I read more Goblet of Fire and napped. Then woke up and were told to get off the bus because we were on a ferry and not allowed to sit in the car so we went to the passengers deck. There were two movie theaters one playing Hop and one playing Pirates of the Caribbean, two movies I couldn't care less about. So Sara, Alyda and I found a spot underneath the stairs in the main lobby and fell asleep. We woke up and got back onto the bus 3 hours later. After another 3 hours on the bus we arrived in Edinburgh Scotland. Dropped our stuff at the hotel, no internet, eff. Then were let loose for an hour to get food so Mike and I went to a tiny shop that sold sandwiches and breakfast, it was cheap and good. Then the group went on a tour around the city and went through a graveyard that had the names that inspired J.K. for Harry Potter names like McGonagall, Moodie and the notorious Tom Riddell. Passed the coffee shop that J.K. wrote the first and second Harry Potters. The tour also consisted of where the town hangings were held, a lake that was full of poo, conveniently called Poo Lake, now turned into a hill, a castle that inspired Hogwarts, a castle that was taken over by 30 men because it was only protected on one side and a statue of John Knox, to me it was a statue of Dumbledore. After the tour we went out to eat at some restaurant and I had this thing called Haggis, cut off all the good parts of a sheep and throw it away put the rest inside of the sheep's stomach throw in some oatmeal and fat from the sheep's liver fry it and eat it, sounds disgusting...it was delicious! Then it was time for the ghost tour! Six of us went on it and we went to graveyards at night and were told about hangings, murders, fairies (the evil ones not tinkerbell type) witches and more murders. I love that kind of stuff so it was awesome. The tour ended at a pub where we were given a coupon for a free pint of beer. After the my free pint we went back to the hotel and I went right to bed.

Day 2 of Scotland

Woke up. Another morning before 6am ate breakfast at the hotel and hopped on the bus only to sleep another two hours before our first destination, some church by a river it was cool but nothing spectacular. Another hour or so before our next stop, Loch Ness. Sadly a disappointment, no Nessy spotting, but it was cool to be there. After some pictures we found food, Fish n Chips, yes I'm addicted to it. Then another two hours on the bus before we stopped in the Highlands to take pictures, the scenery the entire ride was spectacular and the pictures once again don't do it justice. Another 4 hours on the bus with little 20 minute spots here and there and we were finally back at the hotel. Sara and I went out on the town on a mission, a kilt. You bet I found one and bought it. Crew House get ready because I'll be in it a lot. Then went back to the hotel and read maybe two pages of HP before I fell asleep.

Day 3, leaving Scotland

Woke up. Literally the crack of dawn, 5am to eat and be on the bus by 5:30. Once on the bus I found a nice spot on the floor in between the rows, laid down and two hours later woke up. The ferry was late however so we had a half hour delay just sitting in the bus. We finally got onto the ferry to make our 3 hour voyage from Scotland to Northern Ireland. It didn't go the way we planned though. Sara, Katie, Ali, Mike and I were sitting together and I leaned back in my chair to see if it reclined, it did. So Sara and Katie recline theirs too. When we sat forward in our chairs and they fell off, laughing our asses off we grabbed our stuff and booked it to the other side of the ferry. The internet on the ferry is so sketchy, I've been replying to Facebook things and when I come back to the page the comments are gone. I try to tweet and it says it posted but might be having problems. I feel like a ghost, I can see and try to interact but nothings getting through. Also there's an obnoxious block on sites. Okay I understand blocking streaming sites and downloading sites but when my fantasy football pages are all blocked I'm pissed. ESPN and NFL don't load either so I'm no happy camper right now. Got back onto the bus for a few more hours of driving before we got back to the hotel. Grabbed myself a broncos colored Dublin sweatshirt and came back to the hotel to shower and sleep.

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My Hotel Window Doesn't Open.

Day 4 of Ireland/Northern Ireland

Woke up. Had breakfast and hopped on the bus only to fall back asleep. Woke up again this time in a new country, Northern Ireland, at some cemetery where there were celtic crosses which were cool but it seemed like a random stop. We went an hour out of our way to stop for 15 minutes seriously pointless. Got back on the bus and read 5 pages before I was sleeping again. Woke up once again, this time we were at a place called the Giants Causeway. We walk down this long path and there are these hexagonal stones that acted as stepping stones to the North Atlantic Ocean. I was walking on them all the way down to the ocean, had a few slips of course but nothing lead to me falling down. it was low tide so there were some pools of water trapped and it was cool to see because there were little fish in the pools. Around the corner there was a wall with coins in the cracks so a few of us were trying our darndest to snipe them, failed. People put coins in the cracks so when high tide comes it smashes the coins into the crack for good it was pretty cool idea. I know I'm doing a bad job of explaining what I was seeing so just trust me when I say it was sweet. Got back on the bus, slept, woke up. We were now at the Titanic Shipyard where it was built and released into the ocean. Basically it was a huge hole that we went to see, anticlimactic but still kind of cool. Bussed to the hotel and then took a Black Cab Tour. Basically got in a taxi where the driver was our guide. Our first stop was this tiny neighborhood with murals on the sides of houses with stories because there's a huge rivalry between the Catholics and the Protestants. As we were getting into the taxi three kids the ages between 10-15 walked passed and the taxi driver made small talk before getting into the car. When he got in he told us he has to be smart when it comes to talking to the kids because they aren't afraid to stone someone in broad daylight. Our second stop was at this wall full of graffiti that was made to be like the Berlin Wall and keep the two sides separated. Our cab driver stopped us as we were getting out and told us we were going to be criminals and he then gave us markers to write on the wall. As we were tagging the wall a rock was thrown over the wall and hit the fence across the street, then it happened again. I was legitimately scared to be there. So we hopped in the taxi and went to see some more murals of men who starved themselves in protest. It was strange and seriously I didn't feel safe and just wanted to get back to the hotel. Luckily that was our next stop. A few of us went to the pub right next to the hotel and I had the classic Fish n Chips. Sooooooooo goooooooood! There was live music and the guy was singing some good American songs, that was comforting. Went to the grocery store and got some snacks for tomorrow and now I'm avoiding the girls in 327 because they're straight up embarrassing. Watching football via gamecast, from Belfast Northern Ireland.

Ireland, Me Motherland

Day 1 of Ireland

Woke up. The time was 5am and we were to the bus station by 540. The bus to the airport left at 6 and we arrived at the airport by 7. When I brought my luggage through security they took my shaving cream even though there's almost nothing in it. They took my toothpaste even though it was less than half full and definitely under the 3oz but since the container itself can hold over 3oz they took it. Shampoo, also confiscated. Alyda, Sara and I sit down because we now have a 2 hour wait until the plane leaves so I decide to watch Sons of Anarchy, every video is corrupt so I have nothing to do now, I’m also heartbroken. We finally get on the plane and before takeoff I'm already sleeping. Next thing I know I'm being woken up by Ali because she's scared because the plane is shaking a lot for landing, it was really windy, Alyda also turned around to say she was freaking out, we landed perfectly. The bus we got picked up in is called the Paddy Wagon it's a big green bus with leprechauns on the side, a little embarrassing and definitely made for tourists but I like it now. Everyone was starving so we drove into Dublin and got dropped off for our first meal in Ireland, McDonalds naturally. Got back on the bus and drove to the Guiness brewery for a self guided tour. It was cool they had hops growing in the walls and Barley in giant containers that we could touch and a waterfall inside the building. It basically walked us through the entire brewing process and after 5 floors of the tour the top floor was called the Gravity Bar which was a bar with a 360° view of Dublin and we got a free drink. However earlier on the tour there was a free sample of Guiness and it was disgusting so I used my free drink on a Coke. After we left the brewery it was back to the big green leprechauny bus. We drove to meet our tour guide for a walk around Dublin. The tour was basically in the rain in 55 degrees weather but it was cool, no pun intended (when people say that they definitely intended the pun) We walked across a bridge that was made by the same people that built the Titanic, they told us that after we walked across it of course. We saw a church that was once a speak easy, a casino and a brothel, classy. Walked onto the campus in town where the library in Star Wars was based off of. And basically learned that the Irish failed at trying to gain their independence plenty of times and then plenty of people died because potatoes (mash em, smash em, put em in a stew) went bad. After the frozen wet tour Michelle Alyda and I set off to explore the city in more detail. I bought some socks and a delicious calzone that was stuffed with steak, potatoes and onions. I'm honestly nerding out over all the green and shamrocks here though (I'm back home) After a while I went back to the hotel only got get stomped by Sara and Katie in a few games of Farkle before heading to bed.

Day 2 of Ireland

Woke up. Went to the grocery store to get some lunch for later and went back to the hotel for the breakfast before heading back onto the big green bus. After an hour or so of driving we stopped at Limerick Castle and took a group photo, I ventured to a shop nearby and found sweet relics but they were asking too much so I went back to the bus as we took off for our next stop. After waking up from a nap we arrived in at The Burren which is a bunch of rocks right next to the Atlantic Ocean. Took some sweet pictures (that I will post on Facebook when I get decent internet) and did some mini rock climbing to get close to the water. We left there and went to a place called the Cliffs of Moher. Took a group photo and then were set loose, this place was spectacular. It was a huge cliff over looking the Atlantic Ocean again and on one side was a little castle and on the other was a long path where you walk basically on the edge of the cliff to get anywhere where a wrong step can send you 100 feet into the ocean. This was also the place where The Princess Bride filmed the Cliffs of Insanity. I wish I could explain this place better but I cant find good words for it. We left in the big green bus again and took a ferry to get across a channel, we were told there was a chance of seeing dolphins however none were spotted. After getting off the ferry we arrived in the town of Killarney and found our hotel, bad internet. It's kind of sad the first thing everyone does when we check into a hotel is check the internet...we're in a foreign country but want internet more than we want to explore this tiny town, fail. We go to dinner at a pub as a group and I get breaded mushrooms and fish & chips, it was quite tasty. Back at the hotel lead to Facebook and blogging, followed by sleep.

Day 3 of Ireland

Woke up. Had breakfast in the hotel, its never that great except for the yogurt that's delicious. After breakfast we went on a carriage ride thought the Killarney National Park where we stopped at an old castle and took some pictures. We continued our tour through the city but didn't learn much because our instructor was talking to our guide the entire time so I learned nothing. Thanks. After the ride we got on the bus for a long ride to Blarney Castle. When we got there we took the usual group photo and were set loose. As we were walking up to the castle I heard something that made me so happy, someone was singing Little Lion Man. Ran around the corner and two kids were playing guitar and singing so I requested another Mumford song and they played The Cave, so good! Blarney has a rock that if you kiss it brings you the ability to lie for seven years, so I got on my back at the top of the castle and hung over a ledge and kissed it. Then we walked around and crawled around in some caves under the castle and got a little dirty. After the caves we went to the dungeons, also under the castle, and were crawling basically like Gollum from Lord of the Rings, on all fours through tiny holes until we hit the end of the rocks. Back on the bus, napped and read The Goblet of Fire some more before we arrived at the Rock of Dunamase. The rock was basically the ruins of a castle, little pieces here and there. It was like an adult playground, so we climbed it. Took a really cool picture of all of us scattered around the remnants of the castle too. As I was climbing I managed to rip a hole in the front of my pants right between the legs, oops. Back on the bus and back to Dublin, in the time of two days we literally made it around the entire country of Ireland. Tonight's night consisted of us going to a restaurant where I ate goat liver, tasted okay but the after taste was like the smell of a wet dog, gross. Then I followed it with a steak that was super good. Topped the meal off with a warm chocolate brownie and ice cream covered in powdered sugar and a strawberry. I'm currently uploading to Facebook and watching Dumb and Dumber. Tomorrow, Northern Ireland.

London Sucks And So Does Kyle Orton

Day 1 of London

Woke up. Got up this morning at 6am had time to brush my teeth and make a sandwich before the group of us nine went to the train station to hop onto the train and head to London. In total the ride is 3 hours, one to Brussels and two more, under the sea, to London. I watched through episode 12 of Sons of Anarchy, jaw droppers in that show are sick. Finally arriving in London we got off the train and into a taxi, my first ride in a taxi and this driver had some guts, driving between cars with literally inches to spare and weaving in and out of traffic like it wasn't even there but I guess this is normal for London. We got to our hotel but we only booked it for eight people because nine and they make us get another room. This of course meant I was left to walk a few blocks on my own and basically hide from the workers as we checked in, later realizing it's a lot harder to sneak a guy into a group of 8 girls than it wouldve been to sneak a girl in with a group of 7 girls and a guy. All worked out in the end though. We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and walked the streets to the free tour we signed up for. On the way we stopped at an all organic food place, naturally I had the cheapest thing I could find an egg salad sandwich but it was the best thing I had eating in Europe besides the mushroom ham and cheese crepe in Paris. The group then headed to the free tour, we ended up having a really funny tour guide and we saw plenty of the notorious places in London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey to name a few. Short summary of each, Buckingham Palace was tiny compared to Versailles. Big Ben looks a lot sweeter in movies and television it's not nearly as big as I imagined. Parliament looks amazing and the flag the size of a tennis court is sweet looking. Westminster Abbey looks like a church from the outside. Once the tour was over we went with the guide to a little bar named The Old Monk that had 2 meals for 11 pounds so I had some sandwich filled with veggies, nothing spectacular but Sharron Boots got Fish n Chips so I jacked some of that, mmm yummy. After the bar and after literally dodging traffic we made our way to the original Hard Rock Cafe. Downstairs was what's called The Vault and down there was autographed guitars, pictures, and clothing worn by everyone famous like Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, Metallica it was pretty awesome. After the Hard Rock we walked back to our hotel looking like tourists with our maps and stopping at every street corner to make sure we were going the right way. The hotel had the nicest showers and bathrooms but the rooms were kind of gross. Plus we only had eight beds for nine people so the lovely ladies pushed two beds together and slept three across. Did I mention there was no internet, I was crabby. Anyways, it was getting later in the night and we took off to a pub crawl that included five bars, a free shot at each bar and half price drinks. The first one we met up with a girl we met on the free tour earlier in the day and sat and talked. The second one we went to I ended up talking to this couple that was from Australia and they had been traveling for four months. The third one had hats that hung from the ceiling with lights in them and was really sweet, we gave it the nickname the Michael Jackson bar because there were free sparkly hats and gloves on the tables. The fourth bar was a dance club and was super packed and the tour guide ended up leaving without us so we took a taxi back to the hotel and made sandwiches before heading to sleep.

Day 2 London

Woke up. I slept in of course, Sara Jensen and I slept in as long as we could and finally ended up leaving the room around noon. We took off to Westminster Abbey, luckily we were procrastinators thought because when we got there there was a road block because the new courts year was taking place so 800+ judges in their black robes and fake hair pieces were crossing from Westminster Abbey to Parliament and Westminster wasnt open yet. So we detoured and found our way to the line to pay and get in, we waited maybe 15 minutes to get in and once we were we found out there was no pictures allowed, I took one then got scared. The place was pretty amazing though and it came with a free audio guide so we walked around the place holding the voice recorder to our ears. Saw where kings and queens were buried, the coronation chair where kings are crowned and the tombs of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Can someone please tell me why Darwin is buried in a church though, last time I checked hes the one that challenged the bible. After Westminster Sara and I walked passed Big Ben and made our way to Ripley's Believe It Or Not, not really a London attraction but we really wanted to go. We saw some weird things like a guy who can swallow oranges whole, touched water that was as cold as the water when the Titanic sank, maybe 10 seconds in it and I had to pull my hand out, the largest rocking chair in the world and the rice that has whole stories written on them. Then there was the mirror maze, it was sweet! I stood in a place so Sara saw three or more of me and I wouldn't move and when she got close enough I would pop out and scare her. There were little kids running into mirrors as I laughed at them with their parents. After 15 minutes we finally got out, I knew the way out and kept steering Sara away from the exit. There was also the room where you stand on the bridge as the tube room spins around you, yeah that messed me up pretty bad then I tried running and ended up basically running sideways. After Ripley's we parted ways and I was on my own on my way to the Grim Reapers Tour. On my hour and a half walk to the tour I found the most amazing thing in London, Doctor Who Store. I walked through a couple of times in pure amazement before heading out. Once I got to the tours starting location I had a 15 minute wait. When the tour began it was me and 9 others ranging and we introduced ourselves and where we were from. Only one other American on the tour and she was from Ohio and wasn’t even a Browns fan, I was disappointed, others were from Germany, Australia, Russia and Iceland. The tour included the Tower of London and Tower Bridge and the spots where the women were killed and found by Jack the Ripper. It was my favorite thing I did in London. After the tour I asked the guide how to get back and he said he'd tell me at the pub that everyone in the group was going to so I follow. When we get there I ask again how to get back he says I should have a beer and chat before I head out, so I turn around and walk out of the bar in frustration. I am now lost in the middle of London. I asked an old man and his wife how to get back to the Tower of London and the man was very helpful and basically walked me back to the Tower. Again I was on my own, at night and was walking back to the hotel which was a few miles away, the city looked beautiful at night though, Big Ben actually looked cool and the London Eye was lit up blue. An hour and a half later I finally got back to the hotel laid in bed and passed out.

Day 3 in London.

Woke up. Sara and I stayed in the room as long as we could because we didnt want to spend anymore money and had nowhere we really wanted to go so we were trying to kill time until we headed back to Antwerp. We made our way to some free museum and sat outside and talked for an hour and a half before finally going in. We basically walked in one door and out the other, the place was boring so we were in it for maybe 10 minutes. Then we stopped at a sandwich shop and grabbed it to go and walked to a park across the street from Buckingham Palace and ate and did some sudoku puzzles. Then we walked to some souvenir shops before heading back to the hotel. We met up with Katie and Ali and sat in the lobby talking for a while before grabbing our bags and heading to the Tubes (subway station) where Sara and I got to ride for free because it was so packed. We made it to the train station and were looking for Platform 9 ¾ and when we got to its location there was a sign that said “Platform 9 ¾ has been moved” My heart sunk. There was no way I was going to come to London and not see it so I ran a few blocks to its temporary spot and had a stranger take my picture. Then I ran back and met up with the whole group. There was internet in the station so Sara went on her iPod and looked up the broncos score, I honestly wanted to cry. I had accepted the fact that the broncos were ganna lose but a blowout hurts. Luckily Tebow got to play! Von Miller showing why he's the #2 overall draft pick with two more sacks, 4 sacks in 4 games, love it. After I recovered, we got on the train from London to Brussels. I finished Sons of Anarchy season finale, so good. When we got to Brussels we were praying there was a train back to Antwerp, luckily there was so we took it and finally made it to our home away from home.

Day Between London and Ireland.

Woke up. I went to the laundry mat with Jenacious and then came back to the residence to change and then we made our way to the train station. This time we were headed to a brewery in a town an hour away. Slept on my way there. Took a tour in AB InBev brewery but the cruddy thing was that none of the machines were running so we didn't get to see the bottles being filled but after the tour was when the fun started. We got a free drink, then I had one of the girls who couldn't finish it. Then we got to take a class on how to pour the perfect beer from tap. We got to be our own bartender and learn the ways to clean, pour and serve perfectly and drink what we pour. Then I took the challenge of pouring 3 at once, I struggled on the first glass but poured the other two fine. Then got to drink one of the ones I poured. Waiting for the others to try I had another guys beer that he'd poured. Yeah I was a bit tipsy when we left, 5 free beers thanks to NDSU :) After we left we got back on the train and I leaned against the window and fell right asleep. Walked back to the residence and packed my clothing for tomorrows week long trip. Then went on Facebook to find out a roommate moved out of the house without giving anyone else notice, not happy about this. However I finally did get to Skype with Maddie. Woot! It is bedtime though, have to get up in under 6 hours for our voyage to Ireland.

Napoleon Tried To Conquer Paris, I Succeeded

Day ? (lost track already)

Woke up. Ate the continental breakfast at the hotel, break with nutella and applesauce. The group got together and we subwayed to meet up with a tour guide. Arnoud (pronounced R-No) the guy was 15 minutes late our instructors were not happy but the guy was born in California and moved here with his french wife so he was telling stories and made it so we could relate to it like when he was talking about a king who was great are partying but was kinda nutty he compared him to Charlie Sheen. Some sweet stories we were told about this place that used to be cursed, a guy was burned on the spot but was innocent and when he was burning he said to the king and priest "you both will die in a year" sure enough both dropped dead, one was eaten by rats after falling off his horse and the other was natural but it scared the people of the city. Another was the "Charlie Sheen" king had a huge party and everyone was drinking and the king had pictures drawn of all his guests after they were super drunk and when the king woke up he decided he wanted to make a bridge and get all the portraits sculpted onto the bridge so theres a bridge with over 300 unique faces on it, it was pretty cool. Also learned that you can tell how people died when they are on horses in their statue, if a leg is up it was unnatural causes, if all 4 are on the ground it was natural death, if front feet were up off the ground he died heroically in battle. After the tour we were let loose. Walked past a famous opera house, ya know, the whole phantom of the opera, opera house. Then Alyda Hulstrand and I took off to conquer Paris. We got on a train that took us to The Palace of Versailles, except the train didnt drop us off right at the palace so we had to figure out where to go, we took off and saw a huge house and were bummed thinking that was it, then Alyda turns and basically looses her jaw, I look down the street and see a palace thats multiple blocks wide, we get up to it and go to the left to see the garden another jawdropper, its 3 blocks long 2 blocks wide and at the end theres a pond the size of a small lake. So we walk down the steps and explore a little then we see theres hedges taller than us so we get lost a little in a maze and find more garden, obviously not fruits and veggies garden im talking shrubs and trees and in general anything green. Walking through the huge hedges theres little statues and fountains scattered then we get to the back of the palace were theres an open are and its huge i had to take a video of it, Alyda and I were ganna call it a day there until she turns and we look down only to see atleast a miles worth of path that leads to a large fountain followed by a large lake with boats in it followed by more garden, literally breathtaking we walked down to the first fountain after stopping for a ham and cheese sandwich and a crepe. We decided theres not enough time in a day to see the whole garden so we went back to the train station and shipped ourselves back to Paris.

Once there our next stop was the Eiffel Tower. After jumping a few subways we thought we were walking to the tower until we saw Sara Jensen and she told us to head the other way, so we did. Looking us the Eiffel Tower was enormous! At the base theres food stands, souvenir stands, tickets to the top and the post office. We stood in line to get tickets for maybe 5 minutes then took the stairs instead of the elevator to the 2nd floor to save some cash.
9 steps to the ticket booth at the base
328 steps to the first level
340 steps to the second level
18 steps to the lift platform on the second level
15 steps to the upper observation platform.
We were tired when we got to the 2nd level, but we found the ticket station to get a ticket for the elevator to the top and then I may or may not have budged our way to the front of the elevator line saving us 45 minutes, smiley. We waited in line for the elevator maybe 10 minutes and took it to the top, once there it was S.I.C.K! It's something you need to experience for yourself because words dont do it justice. You can see for who knows how many miles and it looks like a painting, the city seems to reach out forever and you can see everything from the top, The Arc de Triomphe, the obelisk that marks where Marie Antoinette was killed, the Louvre. After 20 minutes up there just looking we waited in line another 10 minutes to take the elevator down then it was off to the Louvre.

We subwayed a few more times and made it to the subway station where we stopped briefly to watch these 2 men try to play the game with 3 cups 1 ball, well the men were betting 50 euro and getting it wrong and Alyda and I whisper to eachother the middle one as they lose their money and the guy running it asks if we speak english, we say yes and he replies free, so i flip the middle one and we were indeed right, it felt sweet to see these guys lose as i play free and win. Then we walked away and straight to the Louvre. Walk through the glass pyramid, sweet, then straight to the #1 thing there, the Mona Lisa. Shes a babe in real life, seriously seeing it was astonishing. We even had a moment, I looked at her, she looked at me. And she's definitely a she, and definitely smiling. After the Mona Lisa (not plural) we went to see the statue of Mary Magdalene which turned out to be pretty interesting too. Then we realized there's a pharaoh exhibit so we speed walked to it, saw mummies and huge statues of pharaohs like Ramses aswell as some sweet hyroglifics. In 2 hours we saw 3 floors of one section of the Louvre, theres still 4 floors of 3 sections we didnt see, and like i said we were sprinting not really stopping to look at every painting this place could keep someone busy for weeks. We met up with Michelle Full and were off to Notre Dame.

Of course hopped a few subways and arrived on the street that ended with Notre Dame, we were there to souvenir shop because it was the cheapest place in town, got a few souvenirs for you lucky few, then got a crepe with ham, cheese, and mushrooms and it was made right in front of us. It was the best thing I've eaten in Europe this far. We sat in front of Notre Dame which was light up by lights now because it was dark as we ate our crepes. YUMMY! After pigging out we started to walk down the street and stopped to watch these two guys that were break dancing and doing little skits while dancing it was hilarious. Continued walking and stopping at little souvenir shops and then we took some random turns and found narrow streets packed with people, bars, restaurants, delis, bakeries, and we stopped for some desserts, couldn't tell ya what I had because I honestly dont know, but it tasted delicious! The three of us finally decided enough was enough and headed back to the hotel, hopping subways and more walking. After 13 hours of walking and taking the trains and subways we were finally back. I hopped on the book of face, uploaded the pictures went to a few of the others rooms and talked then returned to my room to basically pass out of pure exhaustion.

Day after ?

Woke up. Today was a kind of a day off so ill make it brief. Had the same continental breakfast. Subwayed to the train station. Played cards with Jenacious. Took the train back to Antwerp, while cranking out another 2.5 episodes of Sons of Anarchy. Got to the residence. Napped. Got lost in Antwerp for an hour by myself and without a map. Bought a hat. Went to get groceries with Alyda and Michelle. Had a meeting with the group thats going to London tomorrow. Blogged. Now sleep is in order since we're leaving the residence at 6:20am. The Bison are currently up 14-3 Go Bison! And tomorrow if I don't have internet at the hotel Go Broncos!

I Hate Revising Papers, So There's No Way I'm Revising My Blog

Woke up. Got ready and was going to head to the train station to head to Paris, jokes on me I forgot my shoes in Katie and Ali's room but for whatever reason they are at the train station obnoxiously early so i have to ask walter, the manager of the residence, to open their door only to find out that he had to stop some Russians from coming to our room last night and basically kicking our ass because we were playing Farkle and talking too loud. Anyways, got the shoes and ran to the train station hopped on a speed train that got us to Paris in under 2 hours, I glad;y watched 2.5 episodes of Sons of Anarchy on the train, when we arrived in Paris and got out of the train station it looked a lot like Antwerp. So we walked to our hotel and checked in Mike and I are sharing a room, i'm on the top bunk where its ridiculously hot. Then the group met up and we took the subway, which was super hot and really packed with people, we followed Dr. Newell Wright, aka New aka Newy aka Snoop Doggy New aka Dubya anyways. followed him to Notre Dame, the place was basically amazing and the inside was just as impressive, huge stained glass windows and monuments inside. No hunchback spotting though. After that we hopped onto the subway and found ourselves at the Palace Royal aka the fricken Louvre! I was so jacked, seeing the glass pyramids got me really excited we didnt go inside because we were on a general sightseeing tour but we will be going there tomorrow and looking around. We then walked our way to the Obelisk where Mary Antoinette was killed also an interesting sight. Then we hopped onto of course, more subways and ended up at the most notorious round about in the world, Napoleons own Arc de Triomphe! This too was an amazing sight to see, this is when it felt like all the stuff we see in movies is really real, being there in person felt so unreal. After some photos is was once again time to move on, back to the subway and finally at the Eiffel Tower, kinda. We ended up on a few blocks away from the viewpoint of the Eiffel Tower so we took a bunch of photos. Again it felt weird seeing something you read about and see in movies and books. It was truly breathtaking. Tomorrow we too will go to and on the Eiffel Tower. More subways now, and we ended up on a street that I cant think of off the top of my head but i guess it's one of the most expensive blocks of shops in the world. The only thing i bought off this block was a Sprite from McDonalds because it was so hot  and i was so tired and thirsty that i was willing to pay 2.50 euro for a medium drink. We ate at some little italian resturaunt that served these super flat bread pizza like meals and my goodness it was scrumptious (thank you thesaurus.com delicious was voted most overused word in this blog). There were a bunch of different kinds, cheese, pepperoni, mushroom, potatoe, then for dessert they had banana chocolate and cinnamon apple on the same type of flat pizza. After being super stuffed we walked and subwayed our way to an overpass, turns out it was the one Princess Diana died at, we had no idea this was ganna be on the tour so it was really fascinating to find out where we were. After that we got on a huge tour boat and got a tour of Paris, we sat on top of the boat and got to see the Eiffel Tower light up and sparkle and took some really excellent night picture of it. Seeing the Eiffel Tower at night was something i didn't have on my bucketlist but now that Ive seen it I've added it and crossed it off it was spectacular to say the least. After the boat ride we walked ourselves to the hotel because Dr. Wright straight up abandoned us. Since being back I took a shower and the shower head has little LED bulbs to depending on the temp of the water you can take a shower in different colors, it may or may not have blown my mind. But now the whole 10 miles of walking today is telling me to go to bed.

Wake Up In The Morning Feeling Like Nick Nelson

Woke up. Breakfast was a salami sandwich with Gouda cheese and American mayo with a coke, not my first choice but its cheaper to buy things at the grocery store and eat for days than to go out every morning for breakfast and pay 3-5 euro. Then it was time to go to the train station this time our destination was Brussels, only an hours ride. When we go there we went for a walk in our business casual aka the sweater vest made its second appearance on this trip, to the European Union Parliament and got a lesson in how voting here works and new treaties are made then we got to sit in that huge half circle room full of 700+seats, you know that room they always show on CSPAN, I felt pretty legit, not ganna lie. After that we took a subway, my first time ever, to basically the other side of Brussels where we walked a mile or so passing a bunch of restaurants and we were starving when we finally were told where and when we were going to meet up as a group. We were given an hour and 15 minutes to eat and explore so Alyda and I went to a fast food place called Quick, it's basically the McDonalds of Europe and it was delicious, 2 burgers, large fries, large (refillable) pop for 7 euro, seriously a steal here. Then I sat with Katie and Ali eating some Australian ice cream that was also very delicious then we all met up as a group in a plaza that was surrounded by huge buildings that were over 300 years old looked like palaces. We then walked to the famous statue of the little boy peeing, it was a tiny statue we all thought it was going to be a big monument because the mini statues were everywhere but no it was the size of a kids doll. We walked though out Brussels hopping on more subways to help us get from place to place, stopped at a museum because it was free to go to the scenic view from the top but then a bunch of us had to use the restrooms so we went looking for them and in the process basically toured the museum for free, win. Then we went and saw the European Council and European Commission and took another train to the Atomium which is a huge statue/building that looks like atoms it was pretty sweet. We then hopped back onto the subway to get to the train, hopped on the train to get to Antwerp but I sat next to a guy from Antwerp so we started chatting and I guess it was a little too loud because everyone on the train was listening, but he was a legit guy and spoke 6 languages and was learning Chinese for his job, seriously a tank. Once we got back to Antwerp we headed back to the residence and showered and I'm packed up for the 3 day trip to Paris tomorrow. Now its time to feed my latest addiction, Sons of Anarchy.

Look At Those Racks

Woke up. Did some last minute cramming and then went to the final class of the trip aka the test. Got a C so not happy but at the same time i know i can still pull off an A or a B in the class so not too worried. Caitlin Clarke and I walked basically around the town and went through a couple of bakeries while looking for a cake since its Mike Smith, my roommate, 21st birthday. Cam back to the residence and got everyone up to our room and had delicious cherry chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting for mike. After the little party i firgured out how to  get my hands on the entire season of Sons of Anarchy, watched the pilot episode, sick! then took a nap before we headed off to the diamond district, not as cool as i thought it was ganna be. went to a shop that was cool because we saw people actually cutting diamonds and cleaning them too then got to look around at the diamonds and found a pin that costs 34000 euros aka $46000 then we walked down a street that had nothing but diamond shops, diamond exchanges and literally diamond banks were the only thing they do it hold onto peoples diamonds. then we were let free and I went back to the residence to watch the 2nd episode of Sons of Anarchy, yeah addicted already, napped and went with the group to an all you can eat ribs restaurant paid for by NDSU, i had 3 racks of ribs (title of blog) that we dipped in this syrup that tasted kind of like bbq sauce but it was like 5x better, SO GOOD!!! And it came with dessert, i had teremesu, gross. After we all left dinner and went back to get ready for a night out for mikes birthday, we went to what we call "our bar" and had some drinks, i had too many too fast and no longer feel good which is why im back blogging instead of out socializing. Sounds like a good time to brush my teeth and head to bed.

Put This In Your Instant Queue

Day 8.

Woke up. Checked Fantasy football right away and the later game scores, cant wait to beat Damien tonight :) May or may not have made me late to class today, oops. After 2 hours of class we had an hour and a half break i went to Aldi, a local grocery store and bought some 2 things of lunch meat, cheese, 6 pack of pop and the total was less than 4 euro, I wish shopping at home was that cheap! Then had to hurry back to the residence and make my sandwich and dress up in business casual, sweater vest was in full effect today. Basically speed walked to the group picture which turned out to be a whole 12 seconds long. Then class for another 3 hours. After class we went back to the residence and gathered our laundry and went to the laundry mat just down the street, got yelled at for sitting on the washer, oops again. Cost 5 euro to wash and 1.50 euro to dry that's expensive I thought. After that adventure Mike Smith and I went to the grocery store again since we ran out of bread when we came back I ironed some wrinkly clothing. Tomorrow we have our last class, which is a test so I'm ganna continue to study for it soon. Sorry you wasted your time reading this blog, todays events weren't anything like all the traveling I've been doing. Kinda sad when the highlight of my day was waking up and checking fantasy football scores. Tomorrow we're going to the diamond district so that should be interesting, so please come back tomorrow i promise it wont be as bland as todays. Oh yeah this song is always on their version of MTV and it's actually catchy, so watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-dwpWpscU

Bikes, Trains and Kyle Orton's Pains

Day 6.

Woke up and went to the train station at 930am (230 for you Fargo-ians) to get on train for my first train ride it was pretty cool nothing crazy sweet but it was another new thing for me, arrived in Brugge and had a mini tour of the town it was pretty neat, a ton of bridges and canals and churches. Dr. Wright then rented 16 bikes (14 students him and his wife) and we went on a 18 mile bike tour, as we took off I was yelling "SAMCRO coming through" (yeah I think I'm ganna watch seasons 1 and 2 when I get home, I'm already addicted to sons of anarchy) the whole reason we went on the bike tour was to get to the ocean, we asked for directions along the way and one guy told us it was less than 5 km from where we were so we kept on trucking then we asked a guy with a map and we had another 10km so 2.5 hours into the tour we still had a while to go and since we only rented the bikes for a short amount of time we had to turn around. Day 1 we learned that if we ask someone a question and they didnt know the answer to it they'd lie to us before they said they didn't know....that's what happened today. ouch. well we turned back and rode back to the town, jenacious took a spill on her bike, looked like a faceplant at the time my stomach dropped but now thats hilarious. Once back in Brugge we went to a nice restaurant and had this really good tomatoe based soup, steak and potatoes and chocolate fudge covered ice cream. Best part of the meal was the green tea i drank, the streak was really good its just that this green tea was basically heaven in a cup. (ps Ali WILL marry Lee) After supper we got on the train and headed back to Antwerp to the residence. Well we decided to go to the student bars and I tried the local beer that was only 1.90 euro and the penny pincher inside me got excited so I had a few too many. It was a fun night though and nothing got out of hand so no worries there. I was escorted home by sober Alyda, thanks miss, and hopped on the book of face quick before brushing my teeth and immediately falling asleep.


Day 7.

Woke up and headed to the train station to buy tickets to a local city that has an amusement park, jumped on the train and arrived in the town we jumped on a bis right outside the train station and got bussed to the amusement park. There were a decent amount of rides we went on but there were a few sick ones like the Typhoon, where you start by going 90degress literally perpendicular to the ground then in a split second flip over and head straight towards the ground and then you hit a double helix and basically barrel role it was so fricken intense, there was also a ride that's like the pirate ship ride where it swings back and forth except instead of a pirate ship it was a large circle so you sat around it and faced out and it spun as you swung back and forth, holy crap it was sweet, there was a rollercoaster that was inside a building where we got in and it was pitch black and you do a bunch of circles going up when there's a clock that is timing down that's being projected onto the ceiling and then when we got to the top we rode in and out of the wall still in the pitch black that occasionally had strobe lights and lasers it was cooler than it sounds I swear, they had a rollercoaster that was identical to the mad mouse and thats always its own little adventure, even if the wait was 40 minutes, in the park was a 4D movie so that was kind of cool, shaking seats and mist being blown onto us while watching, then it was time to jump onto the bus and the train and finally we were back to the residence and I've been watching football via stat updates on espn. Orton just lost the game throwing an interception again, shocker. Seriously put in Tebow.

I think I Farkled on myself...

Day 5.
Woke up and went to a place called Olivers for breakfast, had a cold omelet with ham and butter on bread, it was pretty good.  Then picked up a Monster energy drink from a store outside of the college for 1.50 cheap and delicious. Class went 3 hours today however the nice thing about it is we get a 20 minute break in the middle so the teacher can get coffee. Even with the Monster it was rough staying awake for the class. After class Ali, Michelle, Katie and I went to Dominos to grab some pizza cost was 8 euro for half a large mushroom pizza...worth it. Came back and ate it then got a text from Caitlin saying "Watching Greys Now" So i finished my last slice and ran to her room. Greys was solid not ganna lie, just wish they would have had the sinkhole collapse when Hunt was in it. oh and chiefs a tank for taking the fall. But besides the premiere I've decided ill wait til I get home to watch anymore new Greys. Katie Ali and I then took off on the town in search of Michelle when we found her we went to this huge museum where we go 10 floors up and onto the roof to see the city it was one hell of a sight! Making our way back from the museum was a challenge we gladly accepted, even stopped on the way at a grocery store because the ladies were hungry/thirsty. After making it back Michelle and I went to the cheapest grocery store in town, Aldi. They have two workers in the store and all the food is on the crate it came on but it was worth it becuase for a loaf of bread, 8 yogarts, a pop, a 6 pack of tea, ham, salami, cheese and a bag of chips it was less than 8 euro. After walking back I was roasting so I showered and headed down to Ali and Katies room to make some sandwiches and play some Farkle. Four hours later I got my first win after losing to Ali, Katie twice and even the noob Caitlin, wasn't a happy camper for a while there. Also heard some interesting stories regarding "sharting" It was indeed another good night.

And Then I'm In Europe...

Waited in the Fargo airport for an extra 20 minutes then hopped on a tiny plane to Chicago. Once we got to Chicago we found our terminal and watched the last minutes of football I will be seeing in 5 weeks...worth it. Hopped on the plane that went from Chicago to Brussels and ended up sitting next to a guy that was a rocket scientist from the Netherlands, he was totally legit though. Started talking to me about how he's a pro when it comes to drinking because the legal age where he grew up was 16. Watched the clouds some and they had a few movies on the mini TV's that were attached to the seat ahead of us, watched The Beaver with Mel Gibson, not that good and I watched Big Bang Theory because they were showing random TV shows. I finally got comfy enough to take an hour nap before they turned on the lights to feed us a cheesy breakfast, an hour later we landed in Brussels Belgium. After waiting a while for our bags we met up with Dr. Newell Wright, our instructor. We hopped on the coach bus, 14 people 72 seats...yeah we're pretty important. Drove to Antwerp, where we are stationed, and went to the exchange station, changed $200 for 142 euro I felt cheated but that's life. Drove to our residence, it's a pretty nice place to be honest Mike Smith and I are rooming together, 2 beds a couch a TV a patio and a bathroom. Jen Caitlin Mike and I after unpacking went for a little walk and ended up in a tiny bar and found out water was 1.75 while a bottle of beer was only 1.50 so I had my first legal beer while we were over here, still not a fan. We then had to walk a few blocks to the University of Antwerp for lunch and to get our in country phones and a quick orientation. We then walked around Antwerp with Dr. Wright and he bought everyone here a sweatshirt, baller, and then we ate at a restaurant I had pizza it was so so. Then we walked back to the residence and hung out in the only room that gets good WiFi, Jen, Amanda and Caitlin's room until 9 when I came back to my room and was going to watch a movie on my laptop but woke up 30 minutes later realizing I fell asleep and decided bed sounded better than a movie.

Day 2.
Woke up and such, walked to the University and ate breakfast and had another orientation about Europe and was let free around 4 Jen Sara and I went downtown Antwerp and bought some food including fries that had ketchup mayo and onions on them, DELICIOUS! except the ketchup is different here and not in a good way. Then we went to a few tourist vendors and bought some souvenirs and then our legs were exhausted so we went back to the WiFi room and we all hopped onto Facebook and Twitter to upload all our photos, sorry if people are already getting sick of them. Around 830 we got ready and did what any college student does here, we went to the bar. The bartender was super cool and helped us order and I believe 11 of the 14 came I had a dark, very dark beer and a long island ice tea, this lightweight was feeling it. We ventured from sitting as a group by ourselves to chatting with the locals in a large opening and I met a girl from Poland and a girl from Italy and finally a few guys from the United States! Then it was bedtime. So I walked home and went to bed.

Day 3.
Woke up and went to class, class consisted of us walking around the town and eating free chocolate, followed by a tour around Antwerp with a guide so we found out the history of a ton of buildings in town and even visited a castle. We ended the tour in the middle of the town, a part we hadn't yet been to so Caitlin Mike and I went off on our own and found a cupcake store that had this amazing cupcake in some delicious vanilla type frosting topped with a raspberry, worth the 4 euro. We then walked our way around and found a chicken shop and got a chicken sandwich topped with hashbrowns, kill me now it was so good, then headed back to the residence. Day 3 ended up with most of us in the WiFi room, seriously like 10 of us in one room on some shady wireless internet all trying to upload pics to facebook, the connection was basically dead. Around 10 I came back to my room and started watching Hall Pass before falling asleep.

Day Favre.
Today we woke up and actually had a class, 3 hours worth, everyone's still recovering from jetlag so we all kinda dozed off throughout the class. We then got on a coach bus and went to the port of Antwerp and walked around a loading and unloading place, a coffee bean and coco bean warehouse, a banana unpacking dock and a chemical plant. They were pretty cool, once the tour was over Caitlin and I booked it back to the residence in hopes of finding Grey's Anatomy premiere only to be disappointed. Looks like I'll just have to watch it on the DVR when I get home (DON'T DELETE IT CREW HOUSE!) Caitlin Jen Mike and I went to McDonalds and I got a 1955 because I've never heard of it, it was a hamburger with bbq on it, gross. Mike and I also stopped at a waffleshop and had legit Belgian Waffles, mine was dipped in chocolate. Holy crap it was good! We returned to the residence and I finished watching Hall Pass, it was ok. A group of 12 of us went out to a pool hall and us 5 guys ordered a shot each, totaled 40 euro, oops. Went 3-2 in pool tonight so I'm pretty proud of myself. I came home early though because I felt no need to spend more money and I wanted to upload the newest pictures and get this ENORMOUS blog written.

I promise the rest of the entries wont be this long so please continue to read I'll try to update every day so I don't end up with these huge entries.