I keep forgetting about this

So its been awhile since my last post or only post for 2014. What can I say I either go away from Enschede on the weekends and usually forget to write a post (sorry). So I finally have been to the west side of the Netherlands (Alkmaar, Rotterdam, Amsterdam). Rotterdam and Amsterdam are the bigger cities.

I guess I can say Rotterdam is very modern since the city was bomb during WWII. The architecture there is very interesting (very mismatch). Its a nice city with lots of diversity. I also got my friend to try vietnamese food for the first time (which he liked).

I would describe Amsterdam like a big US city. Even though the city isn't big, but there were a lot of people (tourist). And every where I turn there was a fast food joint like McDonalds (hahaha). I found a lot of history about the city. Did you know marijuana is illegal in the Netherlands? Even though since its illegal, it is tolerated by the people. So that's why people come here to do try that stuff. The Netherlands has one of the lowest users for marijuana (which was surprising). And prostitution is legal here. You could actually just have that as your job.

And another thing I only have 7 months left in Europe. I feel sad and happy thinking about it. Sad for leaving because I met a lot of people traveling and it will be hard to see them again when I leave. Happy for coming home to see everyone. A thought been in my mind lately, which is to do another au pair job in a different country or go home. I fight with that everyday. If I do decide to stay, I would probably go to Italy, but I don't think I can be away from home for so long. A year is long enough. Either way with what come out after September, I will be happy with the decision. It's not my decision to make, its God, wherever he puts me I will be happy with that (either in europe or back home). I do miss the little things of home like friends and family and just being able to jump in my car and go anywhere I want.

New Year, New blog

So this blog has been on hiatus lately. I been busy traveling for 2 weeks and now I am exhausted, but I am glad to be back in Enschede. I enjoy the traveling but I also miss the kids.

I was in Denmark for about a week and it was very nice getting to meet my cousins, uncle and aunt for the first time. And can I say "Vietnamese" traditional food is amazing. I miss eating "pho" and all the other good food. It was very nice to be spoil for a week with awesome food. Then after that week was over I took a bus from Hamburg, Germany to Budapest, Hungary. It was a 20 hour trip (the bus was not comfy to sleep in)

Budapest was a amazing and it starting to get me interested about the history of Eastern Europe. Hungary government is still very young like most of other Eastern European countries. There democratic government is only 25 years old. I also met some awesome people there even some Americans. After ringing in the new year in Budapest, it was time to head to Antwerp. I took a train to Munich and spent the night there in a hostel then was about to carpool with another person to Bonn which was close to Koln so I could catch my train to Belgium.

Getting to Antwerp was a pain. When I got into Leuven, the station was shut down due to the storm and lightning hitting something there. Of course I was not use to hearing french, I had no idea what was going on. So after taking a bus to another town, I was finally on the train to Antwerp. I was very exhausted by that point. Antwerp is very nice and pretty. I rode the ferris wheel again and I was not as scared as the first time (when I was at ocean/worlds of fun). And I also got a chance to ice skate (that has been a while.) I didn't take a lot of picture in Antwerp.

The statue explaining how the city got their name

The view from the ferris wheel

I met Alex in Budapest and saw her again in Antwerpen. She is american

So now I am back and back to work and lots of laundry to do. No more big trips until my next holiday which is the end of February.