Amsterdam -- part III

Last of the pictures from Amsterdam...

Me by the canal

They have these cool bikes all over Holland...

... and little kids ride in the 'basket' part.  Awesome!

Canals

more lovely shutters...

The Anne Frank House

The line to get into the Anne Frank House!  It wrapped around

the block.  Sadly, we did not have enough time to go and visit it.

But... that just gives me a good excuse to come back and visit again!

Man, oh man!

It's a little after 6:00am and I'm just getting back from school.  Yes, that's right... I pulled my first official all-nighter since I was a sophmore in college.  I think that I'm getting too old for this.

Nothing's better than working on a group project and getting to school at 8:30am on Thursday and not leaving until almost 6:00am on Friday... and I have to be back at school at 9:00am for a class. To make everything just a little bit better, I hopped in the shower that I was so looking forward to taking -- and there was NO HOT WATER.  Lovely.  I've decided that this is the only hiccup that is going to happened today, and the rest of the day will be fabulous.  It HAS to be!  It's finally Friday! :)

Amsterdam -- part II

 Is that red pair of glasses for a cyclops!?!  I don't get it!

Love these shutters!

Food vending machines!  They're all over

the city.  It looked pretty good, too! :)

The Netherlands -- Amsterdam

After the Highlands trip, I went to The Netherlands for a few days to visit my friend Dasha with some girls from my Marketing class.  Here are the highlights from Amsterdam!

 The train station in Amsterdam

 

 Canal

 Dasha & Cerise

 

 Cool, leaning houses

 This is for Meredith and Megan... a little sneak peek

of Robert Pattenson in Amsterdam! :)

Highlands -- Random pics

Here are some random pictures from the rest of the trip!

 Inverlochy Castle -- just ruins

 Pit-stop pic!

 Cool door at Fort George

 Fort George

 A castle that I can't remember the name of...

we just stopped for a bathroom break -- access denied!

The gates of Balmoral -- the Queen's private estate

She wouldn't let us in... :(

 

Detail on the gates... the other one has a GR for

King George V and his wife Mary

(little nerd fact for you)

Highlands -- video

This spot was probably the most beautiful place I have ever seen.  I seriously wanted to stick a 'Maureen' flag in the ground and claim that land as my own.  Sadly, a castle had already claimed that spot.  But I promise that my house won't take up too much room!  My address will be 'Behind Dunstaffnage Castle, By the water, Somewhere in Scotland'.  So you can send my mail to that address from here on out.

The video doesn't do it justice... but I think that you get the picture.   :)

Higlands -- Inverness

The last stop on our Highlands trip was Inverness.  It was a really cute city with lots of shopping!  It was nice to walk around and just see the sights, and walk along the river.  Lovely!  That was the last night of our trip.  :(  But it was oh so fun!

 View of one side of the River Ness

The other side of the River Ness

 Inverness Castle in the background

 

Inverness Castle

Statue at the castle

Flora MacDonald -- maybe a Rariden relative (?)...  who knows!

 Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness

 

 Urquhart Castle