Wij zullen Nederlands gaan!

I am back from the Netherlands! Eleanor and I had a brilliant time tramping around the canals (Prisengracht, Amstel, and Singel) and museums (Anne Frank, Van Gogh, and Sex). I got to see my favorite Van Gogh of all time, "Almond Blossoms," so that was a major highlight for me. It was a great trip, really nice, and I CAN NOT advocate overnight coach travel. I was very, very, verrrrry sleepy by the time I got home. And for the first time in history, our bus arrived in Amsterdam two hours early, before anything was open and in the pouring rain. So that was less than ideal, but it did make the rest of the trip even better since it was so nice in comparison. Once we were able to change into warm clothes at our hostelboat, everything improved vastly.

Coming home, we were stopped in Calais for passport control, and hash was discovered in the bags of one of our fellow passengers- this meant an extra 45 minutes sitting around when all I really wanted was to be home! The bus driver, a sort of 'grandpa' type, made them stand in front of the whole bus and apologize, and threatened to leave them in Folkstone! The whole bus was giggling like primary school kids. And although we made it to only about fifteen minutes late into London, traffic on the way into Exeter was miserable and we arrived an hour and a half late. Blurgh. But it is the cheapest way to do it, and seeing Amsterdam is definitely worth doing!

But I need some R&R from my holiday, so I'm gonna take a nap now. It's my last few days here and I still have so much to do! And, of course, I have more photos of Amsterdam (including one of me wearing giant yellow wooden clogs) up in my gallery. Have a perusa-rooney around the gallery if you feel up to it! TTYL, TTFN.