It feels like we haven't stopped since we've been here. And it feels like we’ve been here for weeks…I hope the rest of the summer moves this slowly! On Sunday morning we went to St. Servaasbasiliek, a Catholic church in Maastricht to celebrate the Pentecost. (Pentecost commemorates the descent of Holy Spirit, and is seven weeks or 50 daysafter Easter.) We couldn't understand anything said since the service was in Dutch, but just to be there was pretty special. Maastricht has a lot of abandoned churches since the religion here is somewhat corrupt...I'm fairly certain that one of the acolytes winked at Erin which is proof that this MUST be true!
Later that afternoon a group of us road our bikes to Belgium and back! Maastricht in on the southern tip of the Netherlands so the rumors are true...it is literally 10 minutes away. It was a pleasant day, couldn't have asked for better weather or people to be around. However, Baylor...please invest in some new bike seats. Thanks. Yesterday morning--Caleb, Erin, Bonnie, Kaitlin and myself decided to take a day trip to Amsterdam. We smoothly entered the city by train 2 hours and 22 minutes after departure, grabbed a bite to eat and headed to the Van Gogh Museum. I think this may have been Bonnie’s favorite part of day, she's into that art stuff. After that we roamed to take typical tourist pictures by the "i amsterdam" blocks. After a stroll through another park to people watch, we wandered for days to find the Anne Frank House. I guess we thought we could walk there, but after an hour of walking and complaining about our feet, take my advice and take a bus if you find yourself in Amsterdam in the future.
Thoughts on Amsterdam: A lot cleaner than I expected. People are super friendly. I didn't see as much evidence of the legalization of pot and prostitution as I was expecting. I was pleasantly surprised.
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