Oh man...if we did no partying in Amsterdam, then we have officially made up for it in Tilburg. one of our good friends from the good old college days now plays in the first division of the netherlands hockey league. great guy, this is our second "swing by" (1 of 4 times we "swing by")...i gave him one of these: "so...i was thinking...since you're pretty central...and we're not going more than a few hours away...how do you feel...

Fortunately, we are not the types to be meddling with drugs, legal or not, so we skipped that portion of the "things to do while in amsterdam". There is definately a lot more to see in amsterdam than expected. we didn't hit up the hard nightlife, but took it easy with irish pubs and smokey hole-in-the-wall bars. but on the sight-seeing aspect of our trip (which can always rationalize a few extra drinks later on), we did see the anne frank hou...

a long lost hello from the hollands in europe! in the next two days we will be updating our site of the past couple weeks...once we get to that, you'll see why we haven't had much time to write. look forward to: Gothenburg, Sweden - Copenhagen, Denmark - Munich, Germany - Tilburg, Netherlands - and now Amsterdam, Netherlands aka HOLLAND woo woo...lots of good stories to come, especially since we were joined by our two friends from back home. Sorry for the sho...

WHY ARE WE BACK IN ITALY last time i was in italy, rach and i had purchased our own fresh bread, turkey, and cheese, make sandwiches in the train station, and had some crazy bum come up and try to purchase one of our homemade sandwiches from us. rach told him she doesn't "speak that language" and i gave him a stiff "NO". as backpackers, i tell rach to overeat, because you never know when you'll eat again.(other mottos of our trip: &...

My future residence. you'll have to check out pictures to see this castle. we overnighted from Sweden down to Munich and jumped on a train to Fussen, where the "Disney Castle" is....quite a sight, set deep in the side of a mountain, and colourful. crazy king ludwig was rachel's age when he decided he wanted his fantasy castle which eventually inspired the disney castle. the pigeon. we were not really paying attention to the time when we r...