Netherlands Emails: (31/31)
Finally reached the end (for reals this time)! Kinda awesome that it took 31 posts, since I was there for 31 days...
Friday morning everyone lingered over breakfast, not really wanting to start the exodus. Technically we were supposed to check out by eleven, but John didn't seem to care, so people just brought their suitcases downstairs and hung out in the breakfast room. Finally, Jen, Rachel, Sarah and I decided to begin the trek home - they to Schiphol to stay in a hotel by the airport, me to Amsterdam for one last weekend of touring. Jaime and Ariel had already left by then - they were headed to Paris, then Rome, maybe? - but most people were leaving on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning/afternoon, unless they were travelling for a bit after the program. I can't imagine going anywhere else in addition to all the travelling we've already done, but Lauren was headed to London before coming back to Amsterdam for the flight home. :P
So ends Maggie's Netherlands adventures. It's now 2 am the night before my flight, so barring some crazy apocalypse (or flight delay), I should be getting in to Seattle around 4 pm tomorrow (ain't time differences grand?). I'll be seeing William then, and I'll be sure to call the parental units as well (or at the very least send a text, since apparently it's Emma's birthday tomorrow, and the party's at seven...and I may or may not be unconscious then).
On to America, where the streets are paved with cheese!
Maggie
Friday morning everyone lingered over breakfast, not really wanting to start the exodus. Technically we were supposed to check out by eleven, but John didn't seem to care, so people just brought their suitcases downstairs and hung out in the breakfast room. Finally, Jen, Rachel, Sarah and I decided to begin the trek home - they to Schiphol to stay in a hotel by the airport, me to Amsterdam for one last weekend of touring. Jaime and Ariel had already left by then - they were headed to Paris, then Rome, maybe? - but most people were leaving on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning/afternoon, unless they were travelling for a bit after the program. I can't imagine going anywhere else in addition to all the travelling we've already done, but Lauren was headed to London before coming back to Amsterdam for the flight home. :P
So ends Maggie's Netherlands adventures. It's now 2 am the night before my flight, so barring some crazy apocalypse (or flight delay), I should be getting in to Seattle around 4 pm tomorrow (ain't time differences grand?). I'll be seeing William then, and I'll be sure to call the parental units as well (or at the very least send a text, since apparently it's Emma's birthday tomorrow, and the party's at seven...and I may or may not be unconscious then).
On to America, where the streets are paved with cheese!
Maggie