If my life had a soundtrack it would consist of emo music and natural sound...

[bugonarock]

That thought was the most memorable from our recent trip to Amsterdam. If you are so inclined, please go. Can we please talk about how this past weekend was one of the most relaxing of the trip:: there was almost no drama (except at the end- my fault of course), the weed was excellent and the company was incredible. Not to mention Amsterdam is a beautiful city with so much culture and so clean. Unfortunately, the cleanliness and ganja were the only things we really experienced this time around-- that and the food (which was AMAZING). We're going back for a few days at the beginning of our whirlwind backpacking adventure around europe (slash the month we travel around europe after the program is over) to see the museums and Anne Frank's house and all that fun stuff then to Brussels then who knows?? If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!! I think Berlin and Venice are on the list as well and we're definitely ending in Paris but nothing else is set in stone. I'm also stuck because now I'm thinking of either staying much longer or cutting my trip much shorter. I'm caught in this crazy place right now where this program is not what I expected but I'm trying to still get the most out of it and I want to go home but I really love it here and I don't know what to do. Getting away seems to help clear my head and luckily I can hop on a plane and be in a completely different country in about 45 minutes for barely anything.

Ok, to end this, here is a brief list of what has happened thus far and what is still to come:

::In London::

Points of Interest Visited:
-Tate Modern
-British Museum
-Foundling Museum
-Hyde Park
-Kensington Palace
-Tower of London
-Westminster Abbey
-Museum of London
-Dickens' House
-National Portrait Gallery
-Buckingham Palace

Shows:
-The Woman Hater
-Speed the Plow
-War Horse
-The Homecoming
-The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
-Madame Butterfly
-Avenue Q
-Women of Troy
-Absurd Person Singular
-Dealer's Choice
-The Vertical Hour
-The Mikado
-Some horrible Dylan Thomas one-man show in Cork

::Places Outside of England::
-Ireland: Cork, Kinsale, Blarney
-Netherlands: Amsterdam
Next weekend: Lyon, France
Two Weeks: Barcelona, Spain

Oh yeah. This is the life. I just have to keep reminding myself that.