Over the last two days we have explored all over Essen. Spending a significant amount of time at the FISU Summer World University Games. If you are like me, you are like what the heck is that…it’s kinda like the Olympics for college kids around the world…here’s what their website says: The FISU Summer World…

After our first night at the apartment, we headed out to the market for some supplies. After some lunch we decided to go check out a place Jessica and Nils told us about. It is called Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is an old coal mining complex that has been converted into several tourist…

After our waffle breakfast, we spent the morning walking around Bruges and enjoying how pretty it is. We saw a whole family of swans getting ready for a nap, which was quite adorable. After one last stop at Chocolatier Dumon, it was time to continue our journey, next up we are headed to Essen, Germany.…

We tested multiple of both to see if we could find that answer today. We started our day with waffles, naturally. Then we walked around the town some more to enjoy the beautiful architecture and scenery. We took a chocolate tour to learn about the history of chocolate- from the bitter drink drank by Aztecs…

After spending three days in Amsterdam, we feel like it worked out our flight was switched. Giving that city only one day would not have been enough. In summary, I would say the canals are the best part, Van Gogh was the highlight of the art, and the chocolate and fries were overrated. We set…

Today was a day filled with art!! We went to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum and spent most of the day filling our eyes and brains with Rembrandt, Van Gogh and I think there was even a Monet tucked in there somewhere. We planned on getting to the Rijksmuseum at 9am, but the…

After an exhausting first day in Amsterdam we all slept in for our first morning (Matthew won, sleeping 13 hours). After a full night’s rest, we got ready and had some traditional Dutch pancakes for breakfast. Turns out they are not as good as American pancakes (and Flemish fries are fine but not that special).…

Well, our journey started off a little rough. Our first flight was delayed and delayed and delayed until we were going to miss our connecting flight to Frankfurt all together. So, instead of flying out a day later, we decided to fly to the Venice of Europe, Amsterdam, where the only mode of transportation besides…

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