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After over 11 months of staying put in the same country, I'm finally getting ready to use my passport again. I take off for Paris tomorrow on Air India and will arrive on Thursday morning around 10am. I'll spend a few days hanging out in my old home city and a few days running around Amsterdam... The trip is just a total of seven short days.
When I was living in Paris, I never would have dreamed of taking such a long trip for such a short amount of time, but it's fine. It's not like I'm going anywhere new or looking to do anything touristy. I'm just going to enjoy the time I have with my friends and go back to some favorite spots, maybe even discover some new favorite spots along the way. I even have dinner plans on Thursday night with my dear friends Courtney and Agnes! It feels totally surreal and amazing to have dinner plans in Paris in two nights.
Even though it sounds silly, I'm really looking forward to the actual train ride from Paris to Amsterdam. I love those Thalys trains - so fast and comfortable. When you start off in Paris, the announcements come first in French, then Dutch, then English (and I think maybe German is somewhere in there?), and as the train moves through Belgium and closer to the Netherlands, the order of the languages switches around. Those are the little things that I miss about Europe so much. I think the only Dutch words I know (other than "Dank u") is "Dames en heren" (ladies and gentlemen), courtesy of Thalys announcements. When I arrive in Amsterdam, my friend Mark is meeting me at the station, and then I get to to spend the next three days bugging him to show me real life in Amsterdam. I got a pretty good look at it the last time I was there (since I was staying with a Hospitality Club member), but there's still a lot more to learn. And I just heard that my other Amsterdam friend, Christine, will also be in town while I'm there. Hooray!!!
There's a ton of stuff I want to do and see and accomplish with my 7 days in Europe, but I'm also going to make sure to do a lot of hanging out and relaxing.
I CAN NOT WAIT.
When I was living in Paris, I never would have dreamed of taking such a long trip for such a short amount of time, but it's fine. It's not like I'm going anywhere new or looking to do anything touristy. I'm just going to enjoy the time I have with my friends and go back to some favorite spots, maybe even discover some new favorite spots along the way. I even have dinner plans on Thursday night with my dear friends Courtney and Agnes! It feels totally surreal and amazing to have dinner plans in Paris in two nights.
Even though it sounds silly, I'm really looking forward to the actual train ride from Paris to Amsterdam. I love those Thalys trains - so fast and comfortable. When you start off in Paris, the announcements come first in French, then Dutch, then English (and I think maybe German is somewhere in there?), and as the train moves through Belgium and closer to the Netherlands, the order of the languages switches around. Those are the little things that I miss about Europe so much. I think the only Dutch words I know (other than "Dank u") is "Dames en heren" (ladies and gentlemen), courtesy of Thalys announcements. When I arrive in Amsterdam, my friend Mark is meeting me at the station, and then I get to to spend the next three days bugging him to show me real life in Amsterdam. I got a pretty good look at it the last time I was there (since I was staying with a Hospitality Club member), but there's still a lot more to learn. And I just heard that my other Amsterdam friend, Christine, will also be in town while I'm there. Hooray!!!
There's a ton of stuff I want to do and see and accomplish with my 7 days in Europe, but I'm also going to make sure to do a lot of hanging out and relaxing.
I CAN NOT WAIT.