Come Travel With Me

Hello Friends!

Well it has been a bit since my last post as I have been busy being very studious preparing for all my finals! I have completed 3 so far, comparative management, strategic management and the morality of commercial life aka philosophy aka not so much fun. Such a relief to be finished with 3, I just have dutch written and oral left then I’m finished and its home to Canada! I have mixed feelings, I go home in 12 days and ahh I just love it here! Anyway, I have been doing things besides studying like…

I took a trip to Venlo in Holland to go to the Floriade World Horticultural Expo – It was okay, nothing like I thought. I was under the impression it was going to be amazing as CNN recommends it and it only happens once every 10 years. My overall thought: it’s ideal for the age of 40 and up. I didn’t make the connection that since it is a horticultural expo it would be more then just plants/flowers but also about gardening, farming, agriculture, sustainability etc which to me really isn’t that fascinating. It did have really unique displays for various countries such as China (see photo) but inside these displays were just products you could buy which I really wasn’t that interested in. Also, they had shows/performances which according to the website seem amazing but really they are quite a let-down. For instance, the “opening act” was simply 3 people dressed up and walking around on stilts…Overall I would rate it a 5 out of 10.

However, we then went to Keukenhof in Lisse near Amsterdam which is an expo of just flowers and  it was amazing!! So incredible. Literally it was just flowers, flowers and more flowers everywhere you went. All colours, all types and different patterns. Nice ponds and water features with swans swimming around. They even had clogs and a huge windmill aka it was a very Dutch experience aka I LOVED it haha I really can’t say much more but I recommend you look at the photos - Overall I would rate it a 10 out of 10!

Earlier that day we spent some time in Amsterdam, bought some souvenirs (not like I need any more, I really do not know how I am going to bring everything home…) and the girls got matching tattoos, I did not partake in this cute exchange activity but did support them by holding their hands J I also had never been with anyone while they “got inked” haha so that was quite the exciting experience!

Onto Beer Cantus, Tilburg Sings, Queen’s Night, Queen’s Day, Hippie Night and Gala…