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I am currently sitting at the airport in Detroit ready to fly down to Raleigh in North Carolina. Because my flight is early in the morning and on the other side of the state, my friend Lea and I drove out to Ann Arbor which is quite close to Detroit airport. We visited her school University of Michigan and just walked around town eating a lot of food and spending too much money.

We also took a trip to whole foods, probably my favorite grocery store and the simple fact that they don’t have it in Europe is really annoying. Like where am I supposed to get good Kombucha haha just kidding I’ll survive.

One of my favorite parts was driving around Greek row and seeing all the sorority houses. A sorority is something I really miss in Europe and I wish they had something similar at my university but unfortunately they don’t. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to come visit Lea tho and then I’ll be able to experience US college life at least for one week!

Last week I got back to Grand Rapids to visit my family and friends one last time. This summer my family has decided to move back to Europe and join me in the Netherlands. I’ve been enjoying my time here eating a lot of sushi, pizza and tacos. Probably my favorite foods especially sushi…One of my fav restaurants here is called Maru and I probably ate there about four times these past days. So they really be getting a lot of money from me haha.

My friend Libby joined my for my first sushi lunch, it was great to see her again.

If you know me then you know I always get the same thing at restaurants haha and at this one it’s the crouching tiger roll which is basically a california roll but a lot more exciting.

I’ve also been eating a lot of pizza haha. This was from a dinner at another good place called Terra where we went with my friend Lea and her family before heading out to watch comedian Bill Maher.

The first few days that I was here, the weather was honestly a little gross and grey. But finally it cleared up and I managed to spend the day at the pool. Unfortunately I did not manage to avoid a sun burn and after about 5 hours laying out I had turned myself into a lobster. I must say I’m still kind of in pain haha, but luckily I have aloe which I’ve been covering myself in.

Today we headed for the beach to celebrate my friend Sarahs birthday. Sadly we didn’t stay at the beach for too long because the weather got kinda cold but we still managed to have a fun day.

Since this was my last time coming to Grand Rapids and it being my official home I decided it was necessary to get my hair done one last time with my hairdresser. She is a super sweet girl and does the most amazing job. Last year I got baylage for the first time and I love it so I decided it was time to refresh it. I also got a cut because my ends were just getting too bad… haha

The saddest moment this past week was probably when the container arrived at our house. My family had been living in Grand rapids for five years and I think we were all quite sad to see it come to an end. Of course it is always for the best and now we will finally be closer to our family but it’s still unfortunate as we’ve all really created a life for ourselves here.

Very slowly the weather here in the Hague is actually getting better but we still have lots of rainy days 🙁
But I am really enjoying the sunny days here. These pictures are spread out over the past weeks of just the daily adventures in the Hague. If it’s a pretty sunset, a relaxed evening cooking or just talking a walk around town, there’s always something to do. Tomorrow will be my last day here for the next three weeks and hopefully when I get back I will be welcomed with constant sunshine haha! Except it is the Netherlands so maybe not so good to get my hopes up…

The title might say farmlands but we did include a little city into this weekend trip to make sure we had some civilization at some point haha. Last weekend consisted of a long train ride all across the country to a little section of the Netherlands surrounded by Belgium and Germany. It was a good little getaway before the official start of studying for exam season ugh

We went with our study association and stayed in the little house in the back. We were surrounded by fields EVERYWHERE and if u wanted to take the bus into the little village we were staying at you still had to walk 20 min…

Whenever the sun comes out it’s like a whole new world is born. Everything looks a lot prettier when you see it in the sun. The best place to spend days like this is at the beach. You feel a slight breeze, listen to the waves hit the beach and sometimes get a faint smell of the food that a beach club is preparing near by. When the sun sets, it is a beautiful mixture of red, yellow, purple and blue – cotton candy skies. It is so beautiful to look at and I could honestly take thousands and thousands of pictures from the sunset.