Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Rain, Trains and the Weekend

So I will talk about the weekend I promise, but first i have to say that I am very sad. It's raining here again. boo.

And now to the weekend!

So first, the trains. Ohh the trains. I knew that Europe had great public transportation. I didn't realize that it would be so hard for me to figure it all out. On friday I left for Goes at 3:47, but since I had to go all the way across the country I had to change trains several times. I went Delden to Zutphen to Arnhem to Roosendaal to Goes. The way there was pretty good, although I did almost get off at the wrong place, one of the train people caught me before the train left. The way back was where it got complicated, I was supose to go Goes to Rotterdam to Utrect to Arnhen to Zutphen to Delden. But we all left half an hour early and went to Roosendaal then to Rotterdam, but we got in Rotterdan early so I got on a earlier train to Utrect with some of the Rotex (ex-rotary exchange students). So Esme, one of the Rotex, put me on a train to Arnhem and from there I was by myself. On the train to Arnhem there was no seats left, so I ended up sitting in the doorway on my bag. There was another girl there and she let me borrow a Cosmo mag. to keep me awake. Then I arived in Zutphen and missed my train by a minute. So I ended up having wait an hour for the next train, not very much fun. So that was my first train experience, at least I made it home in one piece!

Other than the trains the weekend was very much fun. Friday night we all sat and talked and caught up with how everyone was doing. It was really good to see everyone again. Then we went to bed, I ended up sleeping in the same bed as Patty (Ohio, USA) and Julianna (Ontario, Canada), and the other people in my room were Meaghan (New Brunswick, Canada), Haruka (Japan), Sara (Washington State, USA) and Kalie(New York, USA). It was "gezellig"...I don't know any other way to descride it. Gezellig is like cozy and warm and lots of people and lots of laughter, the Dutch pride it in being the only word that isn't translatable into any other language.


Saturday we went and saw the Deltaworks, which is a large series of dams the control all the dikes and canals in Holland. Because most of the Netherlands is below sea level, this is a very important part of the country. So we hung out there and watched a few movies on the Dams, took a boat ride to see one ofthe dam, and stuff. It was very interesting all the history and work the people in Holland have put into this.

(One of the Dams)

After Deltaworks we went back to the youth hostel we were staying at and ate supper. Then we played some games and had to present a skit on either an alternative ending or scene for a movie. After that we started up the music and danced (mostly spanish again) for a while. Then some of us went upstairs and sat in the hallway and just hungout and talked again. After a while a few people went to bed, and I realized that my bed had been stolen, so I ended up bedless. So it ended up being Charly(Mexico), Paula(Argentina), Kalie (NY, USA) and me sitting in the hallway. After a while we were joined by more people and I fell asleep in the hallway. Then me and Kalie went to bed (I ended up sharing a tiny bed with her).
Then Sunday we went sailing, but there was no wind so it ended up just kind of sitting in the boat talking. In my boat was Duncan(Arizona, USA), Raki (Brazil) and Matt (New York, USA). Then we went home.
So that was my weekend. I had a lot of fun! I already miss everyone. Life in Holland is still great!
Love everyone!
Doei!
Jayden
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p.p.s. heres the rest of the picutes:http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54036&l=93fa9&id=51928056

1 comment:

Amy said...

Wow! Aside from the train incident, sounds like you're having a blast!! =) Anyways, I miss you tons!

- Amy ♥