So today I got a chance to do something I think very few American's will ever do. I went beyond Amsterdam, in a country where many think Amsterdam is the country. Today Eva took me to the town where she grew up. So this is a small town of about 12,000 ( hey! sounds like newport!) and it is really different than Amsterdam or even Utrecht. We took the train in the morning here and crossed most of the country, about 1 & a half hours, and her dad met us at the t...

So I am in Holland with Elena and our friend Eva who lives here in Utrecht. Now when I started this trip for all I knew Amsterdam was the only part of Holland worth going to and that the best thing to do was troll the red light district or go to a coffe shop. I had no expectations of what this country would be like, I just knew it would be nice to see Eva. Well I have been totally blown away by it here. So wednesday Elena and I took the train from Koblenz to Utr...