So yesterday was too boring to devote a whole blog post to it. It was a typical Monday filled with classes and typical dining hall food. Today though, was a bit more exciting! As of today I am officially going to Krakow, Poland in March with Cailin and Amanda for a short weekend. We found flights for 10 euros and a hostel that is a complete steal! There are other people who are thinking of coming so it looks like it might be a whole group of us. I’m also planning a trip to Bologna and Florence with Amanda for March as well! Ah I hope it works out because I am so excited! Again, roundtrip airfare costs 10 euros! How could I not go?!
Today’s classes were fine, nothing too special. In travel writing we did an odd writing exercise that involved a guided relaxation for ten minutes. After the relaxation we had to keep our eyes closed and my professor handed each person an object. We weren’t allowed to open our eyes as we felt, smelled, and “observed the true essence of the object with our senses other than sight.” We did this for another ten minutes and then handed back the objects without looking at them. Afterwards we wrote a description of our object from what we sensed about it and at the end of class tried to see how close we were to it. At first I thought the whole thing was a little bizarre but it actually started to make sense and really helped in my close description technique. Lunch today was again French toast. I really don’t get this whole breakfast for lunch deal all the time. Seriously, is bad that I just want some real food?? =] For dinner tonight we had spaghetti with meat sauce which was actually delicious (well, as delicious as Dutch-Italian food can get). Dessert was an apple strudel/pie type deal that was really good too.
We had our exam on the online course we were required to do before coming to the castle. I think it went ok considering the fact that it’s pass/fail and you only have to get five questions right to pass. It was focused on Dutch/Amsterdam history so a lot of the material was covered during our Amsterdam excursion.
The weather has been alternating between pretty snow and gross rain all the time now, which means I have a constant headache! So far I’ve been feeling ok but I think Amsterdam did me in. I’m just worn out and exhausted but hey I can’t complain, I’m living in a castle! I just need to figure out how to get more sleep because my concentration is starting to go a little…
Well, that’s all for now! I’m in for a night of reading and doing some work!
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Hey its Kelsey (from Colorado)... I started laughing when I read "Today's classes where fine... nothing special"... That sounds like something that would totally come out of Lane's mouth! We both thought it was rather funny:) Looks like you are having an absolute blast! I'm so glad:)
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