This should be dated Nov. 2, 2010.. Haat-cha-meius it's been quite some time since I have written anything, which unfortunately means that there won't be many details but more so an overall idea of what my past month has been like. While the weather was still nice, Zach and I cycled to a small fishing village called Elburg. This village used to be a major fishing port but after being bombed during WWII and lacking funds to reconstruct the city and train stat...

And they say no qustion is silly.. This week at work has been increasingly busy as the 300 guests that have been occupying the hotel the past week are slowly leaving. As a result, yesterday there were over 160 beds to make up and more than that many rooms to be cleaned so instead of following our usual schedule of only cleaning rooms in the morning, we have spent all 8 hours of each day this week on the rooms. I think it's taking a toll on our mental capabilitie...

Happy Thanksgiving! From the dates of these few blogs you may be wondering if it's only on weekends that I go out and adventure or seek out fun things. It is true, and since my weekly work life is not very exciting, I will spare you of those details. Saturday morning was lovely, I was finally able to sleep in until I was woken up by a telephone call informing me that there was mail waiting at the reception for me to pick up. I was overjoyed to find that I actu...

i have just finished unpacking all of my belongs after moving for the fourth time in less than a month. Somehow every time it seems as though I have less things. Despite my lack of updating, it feels as though there isn't much to update on. My stressful days of work have now become the daily grind and pass mind numbingly fast. I now know what needs to be done when, and for who, and have become accomplished in the bed-making area, however I have accomplished bann...

I made it. I guess I'm really staying here. After arriving in Amsterdam and having a bit of confusion as to who and how we were getting picked up, we were quickly wisked away to the 'village' (more like city) of Schoorl. Unfortunately I don't remember very much of the things I learnt yesterday as a result of my lack of sleep. Needless to say, I had a great sleep and was ready for the day today. In the afternoon our assigned man Erik took us to sand dunes and the ...