Friday, December 28, 2007

From D.C. to New York City, baby!

Hello Again! Spamalot was amazingly funny! haha, it was like the Holy Grail movie, but it had quite a few added twists and a lot more music! hahahaha...but D.C. was amazing, we hit up quite a few museums and everything was FREE!!!!! :D:D:D However, tax was a bit high, I think. hehe. We went to the National Archives and saw the Declaration of Independence and went to the National Museum of Natural History, which was filled with fossils and skeletons! :) hehe. The metros in D.C. are fantastic. Almost as good as Paris. They said how long until the next metro and everything was CLEAN! *Added* :) When we were in D.C., Harmen and I decided to walk to the metro station.....which we thought was 6 blocks away, and instead, we got on the right street toward it, thought we were on the wrong one, went back to where we started, and then got on the wrong street, walked for a while and then asked a local....haha, so it took us 2 hours of walking to find the metro! :) Then we went to our first Cocktail party. This was a Christmas Eve Cocktail party. Haha, it was fun, just stand around and eat and drink and you're good. The food was awesome! :) Kyle, Nick, Harmen and I went around at night and saw the National Monument, the Vietnam Memorial, the WWII memorial and the reflecting pool. It was quite cool! :D I forgot to mention, haha, but Harmen and I also walked by the White House and we also saw the Lincoln Memorial! :) All of us hung out at Tony and Michael's place a lot and had awesome food that they made! :D yuumm....(They raise turkeys and we ate one on Christmas Day)...haha....Hmm..Oh yeah! Marissa, Kyle, Nick, Harmen and I all went to the zoo in D.C. It was cool! But probably the coolest thing was seeing the baby cuttlefish being fed! They had these long anntenna-like things that came out of their mouths and snatched the shrimp! There were also Pandas and Pygmey Hippos! haha...also these weird rodent things, elephant shrews, armadillos, oh, just about everything! Well, I just woke up so I'm going to have to wait until Harmen gets back to remember everything we did in D.C. :) So more will be coming later!



Now we are in New York and the subways are pretty gross. Luckily, it's not summer, so the urine smell isn't very noticeable. Hooray! Harmen and I walked around Central Park today and went to a 9 floor Macy's (department store) completely filled with designer clothes....crazy! (and expensive!) Well, I'm definitely never going to live in New York, but it's fun to visit.


Saturday, December 22, 2007

More in Boston

Hello Hello...so we were in Boston for two days and in those two days, we went grocery shopping and visited millions of restaurants. Okay, not millions, but quite a few, haha. We took the "T" which is Boston's form of a metro and proceeded to explore the city. Although, friday, I decided to drink Soymilk that was probably expired and combined with eating too much food in one day...I got sick! I threw up all night and it continued on through the next day. Not to mention I had to sit in a car for 8 to 10 hours to get to D.C. while I was sick, haha. But now I'm better and I am no longer throwing up. We arrived in D.C. at two in the morning and slept until 11 :D Yay! But tonight we are going to Spamalot at the National Theatre! But, I've got to get going now, so I'll updat more later.

Hallo Hallo....zo wij zijn twee dagen in Boston geweest en in die twee dagen hebben wij boodschappen gedaan en zijn we naar heel veel restaurants geweest. Wij hebben de "T" genomen. Dat is de "metro" van Boston en daarna hebben wij de stad verkend. Maar, vrijdag heb ik sojamelk gedronken die over datum was en toen ben ik daar erg ziek van geworden. en heb ik vijf keer overgegeven. Maar daarna hebben wij 8 -10 uur in een auto gezeten om naar Washington D.C. te gaan, en was ik de hele weg ziek. Maar nu voel ik me beter. Vandaag gaan wij naar een toneelstuk bij de National Theatre. Het zal leuk zijn! Maar ik moet nu gaan. Later ga ik meer updaten. Doei Doei!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Arrived in Boston

Hey everybody, haha.. Well, I'm in Boston now :) Last night, Kyle, Harmen and I went grocery shopping at 11 at night and ended up going in a circle without finding the grocery store :D Haha, but we did finally find it! aaannndd...I got a Shaw's card...like a safeway or Albertson's card. :) hehehehe....it saved me like 10 bucks, so that was nice. So, Monday, the day before we left for Boston, something exciting happened...I slid off the road! haha, it was crazy! I have some pics, but I haven't put them on my comp yet, so I'll update them a little later. Harmen and I were leaving his place, and the roads had just been plowed, so there was 2 inches of ice that I didn't know about. So I slid 20 feet and ended up with my back end down a slope and my front still on the side of the road. :) So Harmen's host-dad George came and towed us out! :D hehe, then we were on our way to pick up Kyle and now I am here! Well, Kyle, Nick, Harmen and Nick's friend Tommy are all playing Wii right now..haha, then we'll probably go check out Marissa's school. I'll update more later. Merry Almost Christmas Everbody!

Friday, December 7, 2007

Week before Finals/ Week voor finals

Hello Hello. It is the Friday of dead week. Next week finals begin. haha! Buuut....I only have two, and they are both on Tuesday! Crazy, no? Plus, if I get a bullet proof B in Chemistry, I don't have to take the final! (I'm hoping for it)....but yeah, I only have a Chemistry final (at 7:30 a.m.) and a Sacred Journey final at 10:00 a.m. Wish me luck!

After finals, I have to work Saturday and Sunday, then Tuesday, Kyle, Harmen and I are leaving for Boston! Wooohoo! While we are there, we're going to visit Uncle Tony in Washington D.C. and go to New York for a couple days. It should be pretty cool. I've never actually been to the East Coast. Oh! An update, for those I haven't told. I am going back to the Netherlands this summer, but for 3 MONTHS instead of 3 weeks :D I'm excited! Alright, well, that's about all for now. Now, I'm going to attempt to write this in Dutch :D hahaha......See you all!
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Hallo Hallo allemaal, Het is de vrijdag voor studieweek...volgende week begint finals. Maaaar...ik heb alleen twee finals. Hihi, en als ik een "B" in Scheikunde krijg, dan hoef ik niet de toets te maken :) Dat hoop ik wel. Mijn twee finals zijn Scheikunde om 7.30 en "Sacred Journey" om 10.00 uur...ja, zij zijn beide op hetzelfde dag! hahahaha :D Gek, nee?

Na finals, moet ik werken op zaterdag en zondag, maar dindsdag vliegen harmen, kyle en ik naar Boston! Woohoo! Terwijl wij daar zijn gaan wij mijn Oom Tony bezoeken in Washington D.C. en ook naar New York voor een paar dagen...Ik ben nog nooit naar de OostKust geweest..Oh ja! En voor de mensen die ik niet verteld heb, ik ga vanzomer naar Nederland nu voor 3 MAANDEN en niet alleen 3 weken :) Ik heb heel erg veel zin erin! Oke, maar dat is alles voor nu. Tot horens! Plezier!