Well, I made it! I didn’t sleep for 36 hours, but everything here is amazing! My room is beautiful. It looks out into the courtyard! The town is so cute. The landscape is so funny because the land is soooo flat. It looks like New Hampshire, but without the mountains. It looks like someone went there and said "I think I’ll put a tree here, and here". All the trees are the same size, and so evenly placed, even the ones in the middle of nowhere! When we drove on the road, I felt like I was on a toy car set because everything is so colorful and big. It feels fake! The signs are so colorful, and pictures are huge! Even their speedbumps are huge! Its funny. The room is great! Its really big. We have a sink in it too! Our beds are above our closet and desk, so they are really close to our ceilings. There are big beams going across, and since our room is on top, they angle down. Needless to say, even though I am short, my roommate, Dara, and I have a "Hit your head on the ceiling" tally! We put up a few maps, so we will mark where we travel!
We have goats, and ducks that are very loud! But it’s cool. The castle was built in the 12th century, so the floors creak, and everything creaks! I still can’t believe I am here. We went to the little store down the street today. It is called "All under one roof" (Well, the real name is something Dutch, but I can’t pronounce it. But that’s what it translates out to be!) Everything in Dutch is hard to read! They put letters together that we just don’t in English, so I can’t pronounce anything! But I’ll learn, I’m sure. I know Hello is HOY. But even that is complicated because of the dialect. They don’t say that in Amsterdam, they call it something else. So I have to be aware of where I am and stuff. We are making plans to go to Rotterdam next week. My earliest class on Monday is at 4:30pm, so I totally have 4 day weekends. This is awesome. I’m going to buy a bike later, its 30 euros for the semester! Dara and I are gonna spilt one bike. Can you go wrong???? NO. There was a parade going by the Castle at 10pm last night. It was a little weird because it was cold, and hello??? VERY DARK!!! But there were a bunch of kids playing drums and trumpets and holding flags! Maybe that’s how it is in Amsterdam. We have a wonderful staff here. Everything is really cool! They are all trying to make everything go smooth. Well, all is good in Well! I’ll update you further as the trip goes on!
This is where I lived for Four Months!!!
Me, Inside the Castle.
View From my Window!
My room was on the second floor!
My skydiving buddies!
My Desk, Closet and Bed (above the desk!)
One of the towers!
Just me and my castle!
Oh, the town of Well.. Population: probably 400!
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