Holland You'd think after having been gone for... uh... what is it now, almost a week?... that I'd have something interesting to report, but really, I don't. We haven't really DONE anything besides just be relaxed and groovy. (Relaxed and groovy? No no no!) The plane ride was, as expected, long and horrible. The food was bland. The movies were lame. (The Tuxedo and I Spy) Our friend from Utrecht, Erik, met us at the airport, which was a surprise. We sat and talked to avoid rush hour, and eventually headed to our apartment. Our apartment, is, by the way, wonderful. It's about a mile and a half FROM anything, so walking anywhere is a little annoying. (A little, hah.) The apartment itself is wonderful, spacious, and even better than I would've imagined. There's a full sized kitchen, with a small table to eat at. There's 2 bedrooms with 2 beds. There's a living room with a leather couch and loveseat and a balcony, and a full size dining table. The bathroom is huge, with a big deep tub AND a seperate shower. The bed's are wonderfully comfy, and there's down comforters to get cozy under. And the apartment couldn't be more ON the water. If we stand on the balcony and look down, there's water. I think we're on the edge of one of the five big lakes in the area. On the other side from the water, is beautiful, lush, green countryside, complete with fluffy sheep and chickens (and even a pimped out lookin rooster). We haven't really done much touristy stuff, but we're doing what WE want to do, not what is the norm for tourists. That is, like I said, relax and sit back and enjoy ourselves. We've hung out with Erik and David at their apartment, where their brother Dennis cooked us a wonderful meal. We walked around and explored the town we're staying in... Breukleyn or something like that. Walking to town and back was a BITCH for me, since I don't do a lot of walking... and then suddenly walked three or four miles all at once. When we want to go to OTHER places we can just order a RegioTaxi, which will pick us up in front of our apartments, and drop us off at any address, for a set amount per "region". We've been to the shopping area in Utrecht with David, and we came to Utrecht today to stock up on "stuff" and visit the internet, which I've missed sorely. We don't really plan on doing a lot of touristy stuff anyway. We'll do some when my cousin Michael comes because I know he wants to do some touristy things while he's here, since he's only here for 3 days. I'm having fun, but at the same time, I miss home. I miss socializing with my real-life and online friends. ("Friend" in the real-life department I suppose. Might as well be honest.) I miss EverQuest too, but ... not in a way where I'm dying to play again, or that I'm even missing playing... I just miss talking to my EQ friends. And I miss the little things like... people talking English. Being able to READ a restaurant menu. Not having to walk every bloody where, or having to hire a taxi or something to get anywhere. But I don't want it to sound like I'm not having fun. I am. I even lost track of days, I thought we had a lot of time before Michael was due, and then I wake up and realize, oh shit, it's tomorrow! I'll have some pictures to post. I'm not sure when though. Can't connect the camera to the computers in the internet cafe. We have a ten hour credit at this cafe now, and it's pretty easy to get a RegioTaxi here, but at 14 euro a pop, I don't think we'll be going out JUST to get our daily dose of internet. So I don't know when I'll be able to post again. But since we're just taking it easy, we DO have almost a month here after all, there's not a LOT to report.