Pictures are up!

Hello all!

I'm in Luxembourg at the moment, will be here until Sunday. Then it's off to Ireland.

Luxembourg is..well...it's very French (it's German speaking as well, but I haven't heard anyone speak anything but French). Not as cordial as Belgium was. Our first night here we asked the concierge of the hotel where would be a good place to go for a bit to eat. He told us that this isn't like America, that there are only stores and restaurants here. We already knew that- our professor told us it's comparable to Wall Street. We all got the feeling that Americans aren't very welcome here. After spending a day and a half, I'm not sure that is entirely true. There are definitely a lot fewer people who speak English here than anywhere else we've been, but most of us have been able to get by. I've been able to recall some of the French I studied, and it seems that people here are more inclined to help you out so long as you put in the effort. Going up to someone and asking them if they speak English doesn't seem to fly here.

So we're staying in a hotel, and again the internet access is not great. We're confined to the lobby, without an outlet for a charger, and the internet access cuts in and out. I was able to upload my pictures from Amsterdam. I decided to upload them to a new site: http://community.webshots.com/user/d_cianz

Once you click on an album, I suggest the "slideshow" option to the right of the screen. I got some really great shots of the Holland countryside from the train - everything is so picturesque here, like a painting. I'm really, really enjoying my time here, and am looking into other studies I can do here and possibly some internships.

It's almost 11 am here- I'm 6 hours ahead of everyone in NJ. We discovered that there is an American cemetery here where General Patton is buried, and a bunch of us are going to check it out. I will post more pictures as soon as I can.

I miss everyone! Talk to you all soon!