So many exciting happenings

So more happened last night in four hours of partying than I think have ever happened to me in my whole life. I tagged along with a group of people, mainly headed by two senior guys who are pretty cool.
First we went to a pub called the Shamrock, where I got a beer (last time that will ever happen) and a rum and coke. Then we went to a "coffehouse", if you understand what the quotes mean. Sadly, one person didn't have their ID so they wouldn't let her stay, so we all left and headed for the pub where they were having the international drink. It was a club of sorts, with dancing and crazy loud music. I had another rum and coke, and hung out with people. It was lots of fun, because the alcohol (or maybe just the atmosphere) really loosened a lot of people up, and we were dancing and talking and meeting other foreign students, and it was really cool. Some of those I came with decided that we would leave at 12:30, so we could get home and go to bed, since we had tons of stuff to do today.
Slightly before we were about to leave, I, encouraged by alcohol, approached a guy who I'd been trading glances with for a while. We talked for a long time, and danced a little, and he even bought me a glass of wine. He's a really neat guy. My friends did leave as planned, and a little after 1 am I came to my senses and told Bram (that's his name, like short for Abraham) that I needed to go home. He offered to walk me back and I accepted, as I didn't know the other Baylor students still in the bar, and I doubted they wanted to go home. It sounds a lot less intelligent in the day time, doesn't it?
Anyway, I made it back safe and sound, since he really is a nice guy. He got my email and promised to drop me a line. I learned that the Dutch kiss each other three times on the check.
We're going to meet up for a drink or something later this week.

And that was my night. Most of it anyway.
To my more conservative fans, don't worry, because I got my comeuppance for drinking so much. I mean, thinking about it now, the beer and wine were both big enough that they were two drinks, so in reality I had about 6 drinks. And no water. I drank some when I got home, but it wasn't enough, and I had a tiny (quickly cured with an Advil) hangover.

My clothes smell like weed. It's really everywhere.

So, now that I've shocked you, maybe you'll leave a comment?

Estoy Aqui

I'm here. And tired. I didn't get too much sleep last night, but the time change is crazy. Seven hours is a lot.

The weather here is amazing. Right now its about 14 degrees Celcuis, or 57 Fahrenheit. I'm trying to learn to convert.

Yesterday was all traveling, today was all touring Maastricht. It was very interesting, but there was so much information I didn't absorb it all. I have no idea where anything is. But I'll learn in time I suppose. I changed all my US cash for Euros, which is cool. But apparently only passport ids are valid for cashing travler's checks. I had four other kinds of id on me, but not my passport. It was annoying, but now I know.

Tonight the international students are going out for a drink. It'll be fun.

Holy freaking crap...

This is my last post on US soil, unless, of course, they have wireless at Schinnen (army base).

When I get really tired or stressed or freaked out, I cuss internally. This past week, especially today, has been a lot of four letter words running around in my head.

I am really excited, just really nervous. This time tomorrow I'll be on a 767 headed to Amsterdam...

I can't believe it.

Harry Potter Socks

Today I crossed several things off my to do list, which is good, but I still need to pack!
Anyway, I wanted to see how uploading images works...

So here are some knee-high socks I bought to wear with my boots.
These pair I call Slytherin socks, because they're green (if you can't tell) and kind of have snakes on them.
And these are Griffyndor, 'cause they have griffins...

So that's that. Sorry for crap cam pictures. But I leave soon!

And its going to be 55 degrees when I get there... Almost half the temperature here, AMAZING!

Check, check, check... 1,2,3... Check?

Tada! Welcome to Sarah's Euroblog! Oh, that would have been a good name... The name, by the way, is the name of an OLS episode.
I'm going to use this blogthing to let everyone know what kind of amazing things I'm doing in my semester of study abroad. I decided I hated the idea of emailing everyone, because that could get annoying after a while, so here we are.

Anyway, enough rambling. I leave in four days! And I still have a million things to do, including packing and finishing my Hirszfeld paper.
I have done some things on my to-do list though. I bought a bunch of long-sleeved shirts (surprizingly hard to find in August), and called Bank of America and USAA to tell them not to cancel my credit and debit cards when I use them over there. And I've started a packing list...

But now I am going to try and figure out how this website works. Ciao!