First Time through Europa

So, continuing on, or I should say, just beginning our journey. On Wednesday we traveled to Oirsbeek to visit Christiaan's family.

We met Christiaan in Utrecht and traveled together. Once we were down there we enjoyed ourselves a lot. Christiaan's aunt made a wonderful dinner. Her hospitality was amazing.

It made me really happy to walk around Oirsbeek after dinner because I wanted my mom to know this charming village.

My family saw their first mill!!

After that everyone was really tired, so we stayed up a bit longer looking at family fotos.

This whole time I had wanted to buy a camera. I really needed a digital one so I could update as I go along...

(BTW, that same day I met with my advisor and she said my thesis is going in a great direction and that she was happy with the different contributions I would be making to the academic debates I am engaging with!)

So, that night, we slept soundly.

The next day we had another wonderful meal at Marlies'. After which we went to the castle (forgot the city name). We walked around and saw a church (first of many . As we were leaving it started to rain and we got drenched... empapadas, in Spanish.

We dried off in the car and left for Maastricht.

Here we had some coffee and enjoyed this old, old city. Marlies played our tour guide and showed us many things. We visited the old wall of this city and some gorgeous side streets.

On the train back to Amsterdam, my mom and aunt said they would come back to Europa in five years! I guess I was off on my previous calculations ... hehe. In any case, the five of us are just embarking on a long journey.

We got up early this morning and left for Berlin. The train ride was six hours but it went by really quickly. I tried to get some school work done but ended up talking with Jessa the whole time. It is really nice to spend some time with her.

When we arrived we made it easily to our rooms. They are beautiful.
I will post pictures soon, as the other news is that my obessesion with fotos and wanting to share them with you all (virual souls) has come to some fruition. Arthur, Jessa and I traveled to the nearest Media Markt and I bought a nice camera. I am excited to go play with it, actually... I am going now, tot ziens!