Den Haag

I've spent the last week in Den Haag, Holland, and it's been great!
Last week I went to the Peace Palace
Took a day trip to Rotterdam today and went on a boat cruise of the largest harbors in Europe.
Sunday I spent the sunny day on the beach.
Last Wednesday I went to the largest outdoor market in Europe!
Tomorrow I'm going to North Holland for a couple of nights,
and Saturday I'm going to Amsterdam

1 more week here

Eddie Izzard - Being Bilingual

Really funny, and true...
Language has been a big discussion all throughout my trip

In Holland... you stay up way too late...

Kane - No Surrender (The Opposites - Big2 remix)

the whole picture

On the blog its hard to show all of my photos, so I'll direct you to my facebook photo albums now that I have finished uploading (for now)...

Even if you don't have facebook, you can check them out!

London:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=213537&id=815068329&l=9c2d1b05c7

Ireland:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=217254&id=815068329&l=20774084eb

Paris:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=217293&id=815068329&l=a16438aa38

Munich:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=217460&id=815068329&l=2fdaaf4517

Oktoberfest:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=217471&id=815068329&l=bad6adb3b3

Happy Birthday...

I turned 20 in the Hague! :)

on to Holland

taking the train to Den Haag (the Hague) to stay with my friend RoAnne for 2 weeks!

Wiesn aka Oktoberfest!

I have never seen such an amazing event as Oktoberfest (or Wiesn as its called in Germany)...

14 beer "tents" (actually huge buildings), rollercoasters, great food, masses of beer, loud music, and over 6 million new friends- it truely was outstanding. Everyone sings and dances on the tables and benches, you make friends with everyone around you, people are dressed in traditional Lederhosen for the men, and Dirndl's for the women. And you cheers every ten minutes :)

PLUS I got the special treat of this year being the celebrations 200th anniversary! This year Wiesn was bigger, better, and longer than ever.

Such a great time..
PROAST! (cheers)

Surfing in Munich

München

WOW...

I'm in love with Munich, Germany.

The city is amazing, a lot of people, big- but not too big. Nice people, Bavarian culture, music, and food. In the center of the city there is a HUGE 'English Garden' where people walk/run, play games, eat, drink, swim in the river/lay on the beach, swim in the big canal network, even go surfing! In the canal out from under a bridge the water makes one big, continuous wave- which is filled with surfers taking their turn to jump on.

The city itself is really beautiful with nice buildings, and really takes care of itself; I even saw one building that they were renovating so they covered the whole front of it with this big canvas picture of what the building looks like, so you dont have to see the construction!

Beautiful city, people, fun times, and of course... OKTOBERFEST

Cheers

long time no update...

Between sketchy hostel internet and staying so busy- I havent updated in a while, and a lot has been going on.

First off, after 5 amazing days in Ireland I flew to Paris for 2 beautiful nights...

Paris was nice- a big city, a lot going on, and of course... the Eiffel Tower

I landed at Paris Beauvais Airport, 1 hour by bus outside of the city. Driving in I was dozing off in my seat and I opened my eyes and realized we were driving on the right side of the street! After 2 weeks of being in countries that drive on the left, it was so familiar to be back to normal.

I saw the Eiffel tower for the first time at 11:53pm, bright and twinkling with lights. The next day I was determined to visit it... you would think it would be the easiest thing in Paris to find.. its not. Walking around, you can't see it... once you turn the corner its gone. So I walked and walked and looked at my map the wrong directions, asked people around me using broken french, but eventually took a taxi right to it. Wow, it was unreal to be standing below it... the first thought in my head was "Its brown????" I always assumed it was metalic or something.. but no.

The Charles de Gaulle was so beautiful too, huge and picturesque. Notre Dame was almost as I imagined, gothic and medievel, big, but the gargoyles were very small compared to what I thought it would be... odd observations I guess.

I think thats all on Paris, it was a nice stay, but I dont think I was there long enough to form a major opinion... It really is a romantic city though.

and my last day in Ireland...

was spent hiking along ocean cliffs, walking on the beach, and panoramic views of the Irish Sea..