utrecht, me-trecht too

oh real internet with english keyboards for no monies. the little things!!

so we bailed on paris early. i know i know. who would have thought that the most romantic city in the world would charge you 300AUD for a croissant? while laughing at your french and spitting on the ground? the french, in their berets and stripy shirts with their baguettes and gerard depardieu. you've gotta love them.

anyway, this morning we jumped a eurail for amsterdam. we stayed up til 2am packing, mostly to spite spanish nicole richie (read about her in dan's blog www.airplaneoverthesea.blogspot.com), and then woke at 4:15 to get the first train from felix faure to gare du nord. the train was great, apart from the 20 spanish students all sporting piercings, one mess of a dreadlock and stinky feet who had no concept of personal space. we sped through france, belgium and arrived in amsterdam at about 10:30 this morning. we're staying with dan's friend maud, though, and she lives outside of amsterdam in a town called utrecht, so we got another train there and waited in the rain on the footpath like homeless people until she could sneak out of work to bring us back. now we're hanging out in her office using her internet while she has a meeting with a terrifying man called hubert who leers through his curls and invites us to workshops (?!) and a girl who is almost definitely stoned. amsterdam rocks!!

there's so many bikes here, it's like an old world. i love it already. it's muggy though, and really really sweaty.

someone stole my thongs from the paris hostel!! very lame. other than that we've been very lucky, haven't lost much at all. we're eating an inappropriate amount of cheese, which seems to be all we can afford, and muller rice will never be allowed in our presence again.

what have i missed?
in the france hostel, 3ducks, we met some americans called mike and sara (just like zac and sara!!) who give america a good name. they were pretty introverted and intelligent but good value and had lots of interesting stuff to say about america at the moment. it sucked when they left because new roommates were lame and weird (spanish nicole richie!!)

we went to the louvre on monday, not that great. saw mona in all her a3 glory, and some other old pictures mostly of baby jesus or inexplicably naked women looking helpless. it was ok i guess. dan bailed to have a sleep in the sun and of course woke up with sunstroke, but we still went on a gravitron which was happily sitting next to the louvre! then he got sick. but it was worth it.

i think that's everything worth mentioning. i'm sorry my blog has no structure and not much interest value, but to repay your loyal reading family and steve i will try to include some pictures. waiiiit.....



that is mr eiffel on a rainy day, us drinking cocktails out of parisian desperation,






















i look away for one second... why can't he get his own stuff...





















marion kemp, the only other female kemp... and the gay pride parade she told us to go to
















sacre coeur and the moulin rouge

















the gates of buckingham palace and the arc du triomphe

















the view from notre dame, and everything in its right place




















hope you enjoyed. lots of love, jessenia xoxoxo