Proverbs 16:9

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." ~ Proverbs 16:9

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Hanging Out

 So... have you been wondering what I'm up to? Here are a few pictures of stuff thats going on in the house this past month.

My friend Rachel and I watching soccer

What a normal conversation looks like between the 2 of us.


View from the roof 

just hanging out on the roof taking pictures 

The street below us 

Dutch houses 




Me, jeff, rachel, josh trying to figure out
 if we can stand on the ledge to take a picture...

No, we're not praying, just looking at some funny pictures 

A cool shot.
Chris holding the camera, then Rachel, Kelsey, and Jeff 

Playing charades after a Valentine's Day Dinner 

For Valentine's Day the Girls cooked a dinner for the boys 

Most of the staff 
Brownies I made 
Some yummy vanilla cupcakes I also made! 

Me, Jeff, and Bjorn 
Getting Dinner prepped 
The boys bought chocolates for the girls! 
The Valentine's Day table 
Me, Kelsey, Kim at Kelsey's Bday celebration 
Working in the Cafe. 


I hope to have some pictures of March soon! 

Deutschland (aka Germany)

So it's been awhile since I've written and for that I apologize.

However, I do have an exciting tale of trains, buses, random car rides, and lifts!


 It all starts with four young adults with a dream of fresh powdered snow and the thrill of going down the Alps.

After several weeks of deliberation we finally came to the decision that we were going to go skiing in Germany. Our plan was simple get there the cheapest possible way. This meant first traveling by bus for 5 hours to Cologne, Germany from Amsterdam. Then taking a train or rather several trains until we finally arrived in Garmisch. The way back, we planned to take trains all the way to the Netherlands border then hitchhike back to Amsterdam. So here is a photographic diary of our trip!


The Gang  (from left to right Josh, Kelsey, Me, Jeff)
" Forever Young" was our motto




The food we took with us on our adventure... PB& J yum!

The first train ride

from Amsterdam Centraal to Amstel Station to catch our bus! 

First German bread...

The Dome at Cologne
We were so surprised to see this site 

I felt like I was really in Europe when I saw this

Standing in the front 

Cuddling in Mickey D's at 2 am

Sleeping in McDonalds at 2am 

One of my many falls 

Skiing in the Alps 


About to go down the mountain 

So much snow

The Alps 

Houses at the bottom of the mountain 

The trail we walked to the Ski Resort

The day after skiing - we could finally see the Alps! 

Garmicsh - walking to the bus station
A German bakery



The Alps - yes we were skiing down those! 

What we looked like the day after skiing - so tired 

So pretty 

Taken from the train 

Starting our train ride back




So we made it back safe and sound with a once in a lifetime experience under our belts. Some might call us crazy, but to us we're just adventureres