Right now, our group of U.S. exchange participants are on our way to Eastern Europe! Those of us from Chicago were all on the same flight to Amsterdam. That includes myself, Kristen, Jacquie Algee, Joanna Brown, Regina McGraw and Ronnie Harris. From here, some of us will continue to Sofia, Bulgaria and some of us will continue to Bucharest, Romania. Everyone is excited to be on the way.
It takes about seven hours to fly from Chicago to Amsterdam and we emerged from our plane sleepy eyed but ready to navigate Schiphol Airport. After taking group pictures, we headed to...Starbucks. Yes. Well, coffee is coffee! The poor sleepy barista who took my order and my name misremembered me as "Barbera." That's a new one. Folks are having a great time getting to know each other over coffee and then we will head to our gates.
It is morning here in Amsterdam and the sun has risen, though it was still dark when we landed and we could only see the lighted outlines of the waterways. Sometime I will have to come back here and visit the Rijksmuseum. For now I have to stay content with looking at the orange Netherlands souvenirs! In just an hour and a half Kristen, Joanna, Regina, Leah and I will board for Sofia.
When there is more down time I will be figuring out how to upload some pictures. For now we are looking forward to saying "dobuhr den, Sofia!"
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