Two weeks later, I have survived my stay in the Netherlands and have finally made it to the last day of our trip. What an absolute roller coaster it has been, having seen and experienced everything under the sun this area has to offer. Anyways, today was our day with Tony’s Chocolonely and it definitely…

It’s almost the end of the trip! Everything went by super fast and I cannot believe it is almost at its close. Today and tomorrow are definitely lighter days compared to before, so the blog posts will be a lot shorter than before. As usual, I had breakfast at the generator, filling me up ahead…

Back to back nights of good sleep (I know, amazing right)! Today was our planned day in the wonderful city of Utrecht, which is not too far from Amsterdam. I got to take the train once more, this time it was not flooded by Feyenoord fans celebrating the Eredivisie title though. Surprisingly, the train was…

I actually slept more than 5 hours for once! I woke up completely recharged and ready to go today and considering how looooong our plans were, it was very much needed. My daily adventure first started at De Vrije Universiteit, where I had a guided tour with everyone else. Some parts of it reminded me…

“FEYENOORD!” That was all I saw and heard yesterday while I was exploring beautiful Rotterdam in the short time I had. The locals were absolutely ecstatic that their beloved club was about to win their 16th Eredivisie title and I totally wish I could be there to experience the parades and celebrations beginning on Sunday….

Rise and shine! I had to wake up extra early to pack my duffel bag for our overnight trip to Rotterdam. I made the brilliant decision of depriving myself of sleep once again and it obviously came to haunt me as the day went on. Anyways, this day started off when a random person thought…

While most people decided to use the late start time today to get caught up on sleep, I used it as an opportunity to plan a little detour for myself. At the last minute, I booked a stadium tour at the iconic Johan Cruijff ArenA, something on my personal bucket list for quite some time…

It was an incredibly early day, waking up at 5:30 to meet 45 minutes later so we can all take a bus to RoyalFloraHolland and tour the tulip factory and auctions. The building was MASSIVE and there were so many flowers being moved around by people inside carts. Everything seemed so orderly and systematic, yet…

Today felt very, very, VERY long. I woke up for breakfast once again and got myself ready for an extremely wet and rainy day outside. We met up with everyone else and began to head for the tram station. Unfortunately, me and about half the group could not fit in the first tram that came…

Today has been an absolutely spectacular day! For one, the weather has surprisingly held up and has not been rainy like the rest of the week is forecasted, and I got to see plenty of really cool places and landmarks across the city. We opened the day with a very interesting lecture from Karel Bockstael…

Hello, my name is Alexander Paul Grigelis, from Fairfax County outside of Washington, DC. I am a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, having recently declared my major in Industrial Engineering with an intended minor in Economics. I am extremely excited to get to know everyone more over the course of…