The best part about studying abroad is that everyone wants to come visit. For Mother’s Day, I was lucky enough to host my mom and grandmother. My mom had helped me move in, but other than that, neither of them had visited The Netherlands. But the one thing on their agenda? The tulip gardens at Keukenhof. […]
Barcelona Part 2
After our quick getaway to Madrid, we were back in Barcelona for two more days. But, since our first day back was spent on the beach (and I do mean all day) most of my photos are from our last day. Despite being on the water, Barcelona’s main beach, Barceloneta, is man-made. But I’m not […]
Madrid
After our day in Barcelona, we hopped on an overnight bus (note to self: NEVER do two overnight buses in a row) to Madrid. This isn’t the best form of transportation but it is cheap, and it saves you both travel time and money for accommodations. We wanted to see more than one city since we had […]
Barceloooonnnaaaaaaa
To understand the title of this post (and for some great background music while reading this post), watch this. Because who doesn’t love a little Freddie Mercury on the blog? Anyways, after our long weekend in Scandinavia and a wild King’s Day in Amsterdam, it was time to hit the road again for a weekend in Spain. We […]
Stockholm Syndrome
Sorry about the title, I had to! After our two beautiful days in Norway, we hit our next Scandinavian spot, Stockholm. After an overnight bus ride- I could write a whole post about overnight buses, and I probably will at some point- from Oslo to Stockholm we arrived in the Swedish capital. Pretty much all […]
Mapping It Out
I’m home!! I am WAYYY behind on blogging and have so many trips to write about, but first I wanted to share all the places that I visited this semester! Between January 28 and June 8, I visited 13 countries, including the Netherlands, 31 cities, and 2 continents. I heard 10 different languages, took thousands […]
(the real) Utrecht
My freshman year, I lived in ‘The Netherlands’ freshman complex, where all of our dorms were named after Dutch cities. I lived in ‘Utrecht’ house, so when I came to study in the real Netherlands, I knew I had to visit the real Utrecht. Only half an hour away from Amsterdam by train, Utrecht is […]
Throwback to Drøbak
Guys I am really proud of that caption so please humor me. Even though our trip to Norway was only 3 weeks ago (!!!) it feels like forever! This semester is really flying by, I leave in just over 3 weeks! So, I have to bust out a few more posts from all my weekend […]
Oslo
When I made a list of what countries and cities I wanted to visit during my semester abroad, Scandinavia didn’t really top the list. But sometimes you book trips at 1 am and end up having a blast! Always trying to accomplish as much as possible, Tori and I decided to tackle Norway and Sweden […]
Berlin
One of the trips I knew I had to make while studying abroad was Germany- my grandmother was born there and while I couldn’t visit her hometown I wanted to at least see the country. Since I had a friend from high school who lived in Berlin, it was the perfect excuse! On my first […]