Planes, trains, and bad internet connections.

...and that pretty much sums it up. For the past three weeks, I've been airport hopping, canal crossing in Amsterdam, and hill walking in Bavaria. I spent 2 weeks in Amsterdam, and came away even more attached to that city than I'd been before. Don't get me wrong, it has it's faults and I was introduced to some of them on this trip that I'd missed the first time around, but all in all, I like the city. We did A LOT of walking this time, and I even took a solo trip one afternoon. The only disappointment was our failure to do any successful shopping. We did a lot of shopping, but came away empty handed :(

But back to my solo trip... I took off to find a art store that I'd found online, and after 40 minutes of walking, turning around, and looking for street signs (what's with the lack of street signs?), I made it to Van der Linde Art Store. Unfortunately my bad shopping luck was unshakable and they didn't have a single waterproof pen...but, the trip was not a complete failure. I found this on the way:


I decided to head in and get a croissant, and since I wouldn't be sticking around the area for long, I let my obviously famous name slide. I asked if they got many customers that were named Jennifer, and when the woman exclaimed "No! Never!" I couldn't help but let her know that she had now. My obnoxious behavior paid off, and I walked away with a Jennifer's sticker! Ha!

Next blog stop: Germany!!!