leiden, netherlands

Leiden

The final week

This week we had a final, packed a lot, and said goodbyes to a lot of people. I have been so busy I haven't really processed my sadness....

It is all coming to an end

I have a little under a month left in Europe and I am getting all of the "it's coming to an end" feels. We are having a lot of "lasts"...

Finally Sunny!!

This week it has finalllly been warm enough to be outside. This week has been by far my favorite since I have been in Leiden. Sunday my...

Get outside

So I am kind of queen of lazy Sundays (and any other day of the week I have nothing to do). But this week I tried to go outside any time...

Girl's Week (every week)

Since I have been here I have really learned the value of your friends. Not that I didn't know that before, because I have some really...

Hungary & Austria

Alex and I went to Budapest, Vienna, and Semmering!! We flew to Budapest super early, and took the bus and the metro into town. Met a...

King's Day

King's day was this week!!! So the Netherlands has a king, King Willem, and we celebrate him and his family on April 27th (last year...

Home

I have officially been here in the Netherlands for three months. It feels like I have been here for ten minutes, but also feels like I...

School in the NL

College in the Netherlands is seriously different than college in the States. You take two classes at a time, only have to actually show...

How to travel to expensive places when you have no money

This weekend I went to Mallorca (a lavish, very expensive Spanish island) on a whim. My friends were all going on trips and I hadn't...