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Tuesday 15 August 06:

0915 – Lacy wakes me up so we can make breakfast =_____=

0935 – late to class…but so was everybody else <(- _ - ;)

0945 – Lecture on youth culture – got the scoop on where’s the good clubs!

1130 – early lunch =9

1230 – took trams to Beijlmer – project on social housing/integration on communities

1630 – first time I tried Febo (fast food out of a vending machine) & satay fries

1700 – buy UvA sweatshirt! (so cheap – 16.50 €)

1750 – hangout at the courtyard, talk with Esmee, watch Tim make his duct tape gloves

1930 – cook dinner with Lacy and Aaron, more anime watching

2200 – planning for tomorrow meeting and research

Wednesday 16 August 06:

0900 – get up =__=

0930 – class session about youth culture

1300 – free lunch =9

1400 – group meeting with Clifford/Julie/Paul

1500 – research

1600 – visit the Hidden Catholic Church

1700 – visit the Niewe Kerk

1800 – focus group with Kathleen/Aaron

1945 – group dinner in an Indonesian restaurant

2200 – go to coffeeshop (others went to a sex show)

Thursday 17 August 06:

0030 – come home

0300 – go to sleep -_-zZ

0915 – get up =_=

0930 – class session about Dutch drug policy

1200 – free lunch =9

1400 – train to Utrecht with Shilpa

1545 – interview Guus, Diana at NIVEL

1830 – train back to Amsterdam

1915 – meet Engy/Aaron to go to concert at Concertgebouw

2015 – <3>

This was the highlight of my trip as of yet! The hall was a jaw-dropping sight to behold – ornate Western-style opera house with the name of composers about each entrance. We had great seats for a mere €7.50 where we sat direct middle and only 30-40 feet from the stage. The music sounded great with the hall’s superb acoustics although the symphony seemed a little disjointed in some passages (I can relate =/). The pianist was a prodigy <3>.^)

I was having fun seeing parallels of the concert to the previous soccer game:

• (according to …) the high-class vs. low class venue
• (audience) mostly old white couples vs. lots of drunken Brits
• (behavior) everyone remained in their own seats vs. crazy chaotic seat switching because of laziness
• (personnel) fully staffed, two suited ushers per entrance vs. few useless supervisors
• (venue) highlight of my trip! vs. relatively boring game
• (transportation) free relaxed ride on transit vs. hot uncomfortable crowded trains
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2315 – get back to the dorms

Friday 18 August 06:

0300 – get to sleep, finish looking at ppt. ( - _-)Q__

0830 – wake up =___=

0850 – meet Shilpa/Erika to go over ppt.

0930 – class presentations

1200 – last free lunch =9

1330 –free tour of Gassan’s Diamonds with Kathy/Lacy (it’s all about the Gassan 121 cut!)

1430 – free tour of Rembrandt’s house (demo of etching technique was cool)

1530 – general wander of central Amsterdam with shopping (we wandered into every central neighborhood)

1830 – cooking at my room

2000 – watching of anime, blogging, planning Utrecht day

Saturday 19 August 06:

0800 – wake up =__=

0830 – meet Kathy/Lacy/Clifford/ZT to walk to Central Station

0915 – train to Utrecht

1000 – arrive at Utrecht and find bike shop/map

1130 – went into Dom Kerk (no time to go up the tower)

1230 – biked around to find food (Turkish pizzas) while watching a protest occurring

1330 – biked around Oudegracht, shopping

1500 – ran through to Mechanical Music Museum, more shopping

1630 – kayaked through the canals

1800 – returned bike, return back to Amsterdam

1900 – cook dinner w/ Lacy, blog, watch anime

Sunday 20 August 06:

1000 – Lacy woke me up to cook breakfast

1130 – quick grocery trip to Albert Heijn

1300 – do laundry with Lacy

1500 – work on ppt presentation, wiki, podcast

1800 – cook dinner with Lacy

1900 – more research work, plan Lausanne trip, start packing

Monday 21 August 06:

0900 – wake up for presentations

0930 – presentation practice

1230 – lunch with Lacy

1330 – wandered around Jordaan and beyond with Lacy (We got lost…shhh O_o)

1800 – cooking dinner with Lacy

1900 – packing with Lacy

2100 – deliver luggage to Hilton with who? (make an educated guess…)