Sorry for the delay on this blog!
Room
Now that I have been here for about 3 weeks I am getting used to the room. I have put pictures up on the wall which has made it feel a little homier and it is nice to see familiar faces every so often when I walk into my room.
I really like having my own room because my stuff feels a lot safer. As well the whole shower situation although I was weird at first has turned out to be pretty good, and I haven't run into anyone in the shower so I have not had to worry.
My Messy room.. What a surprise
My Bathroom
School
I have only been to one week of classes, but so far they seem pretty cool. All the professors speak good English so they are easy to understand which is nice, but because it is an English speaking school and they speak English as well we have been informed that anyone who speaks English as their native language is going to be marked harder than the others. I am still in the process right now of figuring which classes I am going to stay in. I have currently enrolled in E-Marketing, B2B Marketing, Business Process Management, Project Dutch Culture and Languages, and Event Management and Business Ethics.
The 2 that I am keeping for sure and am very excited about are Business Ethics, and Event Management which is great because those are the two I am looking forward to the most. Business Ethics so far has been pretty cool, only been to one class but there are two male professors who both seem pretty laid back and funny which makes a subject like ethics a little easier to bear through. Event Management is going to be amazing, we have already been put into groups and I really like mine. I am working with my friends which nice and got the exact event I wanted. I am going to be planning the farewell event for all the exchange students. Our stipulations are all students must come, we must have a few events planned, and organize the whole thing while obtaining two outside sponsors from the dutch system (this part is going to be tricky as we do not speak dutch and will have a harder time communicating.)
The other 4 classes nothing has really happened the professors are nice and we have started to expand on what we are going to learn and group work and stuff but until I know which classes I am going to be staying in I will than be able to expand more on details.
People
Slowly I am starting to hang out with more people. I have still hang out with Sonya all the time but we have started to hang out with a guy named Niklas from Finland all the time as well as classes are moving along more and more people are coming together and talking. I am still finding that people are sticking within their school or country clicks and starting to even doubt if they are going to split but personally since I have found a small group of friends I am okay with that. I have also met and started to hang out with people from Australia, America, Ireland and Hungary..and have started to talk to people from all over the world more and more. Its quite an interesting experience meeting these people learning where they are from seeing their country.
Canada, Finland, Canada, Finland
Friends :)
Canada(Sonya) America (Ryan) Hungary (Brigitta) America (David)
AND ME!
I HAVE GONE TO AMSTERDAM!!
It was very interesting to see explore and be in that type of atmosphere..
Getting to Amsterdam was very complicated because I apparently chose the worst weekend to go.. the trains were not running so I had to take a train one stop get off get on a bus get to the central station get on another bus to take me to a working train in order for me to get to Amsterdam... it took over 3 hours!!!!...and coming home from Amsterdam trains were working but of course it was delayed..Learning quickly the dutch do things on their own time and things are always delayed
When Sonya and I finally made it their we met my friend Emily from the Odette MBA Program
When we got there we decided to go find a hostel to stay in last minute hoping it would be cheaper than the 40 Euro a night that Emily was spending. We ended up finding one for 15 Euro it was close to everything and was actually very nice inside; Ended up all going for an Italian lunch and than split ways to explore the city with the plan to meet up at an ice bar later that night.
Sonya was my guide since she has been there before so we explored pretty much all the main parts of the city. We saw all the canals which are really nice, lots of old buildings on the streets of the canals.
We also saw;
Fashion district
Museum district
and than the I Amsterdam letters. They are a big attraction in Amsterdam!
From there we just did a lot a lot of walking through parks and around different street areas.. saw bridges and statues and the Heineken factory.
Later that night we met Emily and friends at the ice bar..It was really cool. The front of it is like a normal bar where people can be and than the back you get tickets and you go into a bar made out of ice purely ice.They give you a coat and gloves and you go inside and have a drink (you get 2 included with your ticket) good atmosphere with some music... You get a 4D movie about a penguin in the snow and it blows wind at you and it was cold being in ice and having wind blown at you.We did some more walking, walked around the red light district but really its nothing special..personally I think its overrated but that's just me.
By this time Sonya and I wanted to go home so we attempted to find our way which was very interesting at night trying tor read foreign street signs and figure out navigation.. we had a map so kept using that but kinda of confusing at night so that was kinda scary. eventually we asked for help an old man told us which direction to go and we realized we were only like 2 streets over from our hostel anyways.
That's my trip to Amsterdam in a nutshell!
Hostel
Canals
Ice Bar
Ahh Clogs!
Den Hagg
We had one last nice day in the Netherlands so Sonya and I were smart and made our way to the Beach. If you travel about an hour and a half on the train you come to a town called Den Hagg where the North Sea is and we lied on the beach ALL DAY! It was amazing it was sandy and sunny warm and just beautiful.. One of the best days in the Netherlands so far for sure!
Walk to the Beach
Walk to the Beach
Walk to the Beach
Hotel in front of the Beach
BEACH
LAST SUNNY DAY!
Travelling
While being in Europe I plan on travelling Almost every weekend!
Italy (Been booked for Oct 25th, our week off we are going on our week off all through Italy)
England
Spain
Germany (twice)
France(THIS WEEKEND)
Museum district
and than the I Amsterdam letters. They are a big attraction in Amsterdam!
From there we just did a lot a lot of walking through parks and around different street areas.. saw bridges and statues and the Heineken factory.
Later that night we met Emily and friends at the ice bar..It was really cool. The front of it is like a normal bar where people can be and than the back you get tickets and you go into a bar made out of ice purely ice.They give you a coat and gloves and you go inside and have a drink (you get 2 included with your ticket) good atmosphere with some music... You get a 4D movie about a penguin in the snow and it blows wind at you and it was cold being in ice and having wind blown at you.We did some more walking, walked around the red light district but really its nothing special..personally I think its overrated but that's just me.
By this time Sonya and I wanted to go home so we attempted to find our way which was very interesting at night trying tor read foreign street signs and figure out navigation.. we had a map so kept using that but kinda of confusing at night so that was kinda scary. eventually we asked for help an old man told us which direction to go and we realized we were only like 2 streets over from our hostel anyways.
That's my trip to Amsterdam in a nutshell!
Hostel
Canals
Ice Bar
Ahh Clogs!
Den Hagg
We had one last nice day in the Netherlands so Sonya and I were smart and made our way to the Beach. If you travel about an hour and a half on the train you come to a town called Den Hagg where the North Sea is and we lied on the beach ALL DAY! It was amazing it was sandy and sunny warm and just beautiful.. One of the best days in the Netherlands so far for sure!
Walk to the Beach
Walk to the Beach
Walk to the Beach
Hotel in front of the Beach
BEACH
LAST SUNNY DAY!
Travelling
While being in Europe I plan on travelling Almost every weekend!
Italy (Been booked for Oct 25th, our week off we are going on our week off all through Italy)
England
Spain
Germany (twice)
France(THIS WEEKEND)
Greece
Prague
Sweden
These are being planned based on time and price!
Coming Up
As seen from above this weekend we are taking a trip to Paris there is about 15 people going and we are renting 3 cars. We are going to drive the full way which is funny because its only about 3-4 hours which is the same distance I drive from Windsor to Toronto. We are going to be stopping in some small towns along the way and making our way to Paris France where I will be Meeting Tom from Odette as well who is studying in France. I am looking forward to it very much and will post all details when I get back along with some pictures :)
Hard Parts
So it has been almost 3 weeks and being away from home there are certain things that I miss.
I really miss my boyfriend. It has only been 3 weeks but it defiantly feels a lot longer than that. We talk a lot which is nice to stay in touch and keep him updated on whats going on in each others lives but that is a definite adjustment being made.
As well as him I miss my family and friends. Its not like just being away at school and you can go visit whenever you are a country away and there is an expensive Ocean in between so you really just have to get used to it.
I miss Canadian food!!! I eat so many sandwiches here because they don't have the proper cooking stuff and it is not that easy to read or understand their menus especially when I am a picky eater.
I MISS THE SUNSHINE!!!!!!
Anyways... Sorry again for the delay on this blog and for future blogs they should be posted every Wednesday, during the week I will be able to comment on school as it has happened and weekend trips every week
:)
Mickey
Prague
Sweden
These are being planned based on time and price!
Coming Up
As seen from above this weekend we are taking a trip to Paris there is about 15 people going and we are renting 3 cars. We are going to drive the full way which is funny because its only about 3-4 hours which is the same distance I drive from Windsor to Toronto. We are going to be stopping in some small towns along the way and making our way to Paris France where I will be Meeting Tom from Odette as well who is studying in France. I am looking forward to it very much and will post all details when I get back along with some pictures :)
Hard Parts
So it has been almost 3 weeks and being away from home there are certain things that I miss.
I really miss my boyfriend. It has only been 3 weeks but it defiantly feels a lot longer than that. We talk a lot which is nice to stay in touch and keep him updated on whats going on in each others lives but that is a definite adjustment being made.
As well as him I miss my family and friends. Its not like just being away at school and you can go visit whenever you are a country away and there is an expensive Ocean in between so you really just have to get used to it.
I miss Canadian food!!! I eat so many sandwiches here because they don't have the proper cooking stuff and it is not that easy to read or understand their menus especially when I am a picky eater.
I MISS THE SUNSHINE!!!!!!
Anyways... Sorry again for the delay on this blog and for future blogs they should be posted every Wednesday, during the week I will be able to comment on school as it has happened and weekend trips every week
:)
Mickey
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