As we moved on campus, all students were placed in “Intro Week Families.” We spent an entire week with these families, which were led by second-year students. "we go for gold!" I found this to not be very useful just because I already went through my freshman year experience at UCSB, but nonetheless, this was …
I have been to Amsterdam before when I was ten years old, so I never got to experience it in its entirety. Our plan was to only walk around and visit the Red Light District because we have not received our museum cards, which we can use to visit all the museums in the Netherlands …
For our first night out in Utrecht, we decided to go to Club Basis. After pregaming with wine and whiskey (weird combination, I know), we took the bus to the club. Once we got to Basis, we faced our first challenge. Although the Netherlands is permissive, the bouncers at the club still asked everyone at …
It has finally hit me that I will be living in another city, let alone in another country on a continent far away from home. I thought I would not feel as anxious to leave home since I go back to Santa Barbara for school after every summer, but this time it was different. I …
Today, I started preparing for my trip to the Netherlands. And by “preparing” I mean creating my “netherlands” playlist. To set the mood, I’m drinking a cold Heineken. The combination of one beer on an empty stomach and a sense of uncertainty is not all that great. Especially, when you are listening to “Hopeless Wanderer” …
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