It's been a while...

I have been busy with school and getting used to life over here. I know that is no excuse, especially to the "blogmaster," Phil, Sr., but I will try to get better, now that I finally have my classes finalized and know my way around the city.

As penance, here are links to my photo albums on facebook. (I have a limited number of pictures I can upload directly to this site, so you will have to do a little more clicking if you want to see more.)

My first few days:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2267975&l=c9e73&id=6014776

Pictures from a class fieldtrip to The Hague, the center for international peace and justice
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2271874&l=6859d&id=6014776

Some pictures from the weeks of the Dutch Language and Culture course I took in Utrecht
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2271880&l=4f5af&id=6014776

Alkmaar, a small town in the North, and a Contemporary Art Museum in Amsterdam
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2271891&l=d7ad8&id=6014776

My unfinished documentation of the different ways the Dutch ride bikes
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2271925&l=a55fd&id=6014776

My visits to Southern Netherlands (Maastricht) and Brussels
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2280097&l=87f36&id=6014776

The pictures of the town I am staying in
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2280099&l=ae209&id=6014776

I went to see the queen ride in a carriage to the Opening of Parliament
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2285102&l=f24ce&id=6014776

Bike rides to the areas around Leiden with Paul and my new friend Jessica
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2286927&l=9f2f8&id=6014776

More real information and updates will follow soon, I promise. Hope this satiates your burning desire to know more about my life.

In brief, I am doing quite well. I like my classes, I'm keeping up with my homework, I am getting used to the weather although I sometimes still stubbornly wear flip flops, I love riding my bike even though the back wheel is a little crooked, I am in the process of planning big trips to other countries, and I am planning on going to Oktoberfest this weekend.