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Make way for my new and improved blog! Sorry for the lack of blog posts on this blog... but that's all about to change! i'm going to be posting at least once a day on this baby, so check it out and hope you like it :)     elizabethweinberger.blogspot.com

Home

When I left America and got on the plane that was headed straight for Europe, I was full of nerves. I knew that my life would drastically change, but I wasn't exactly sure how. I've now been here for 3 months - 3 months that have only felt like just a few days. It's amazing how fast time passes. It's almost scary! One minute you feel like you have all this time to accomplish everything you want to, and the next you almost feel rushed. In these past 3 months I've already traveled to many places, made many friends, experienced all kinds of foods, walked through mountains and streets and vineyards I had before only seen in pictures, learned valuable lessons through experiences I wouldn't have had elsewhere, and made memories that will last me a lifetime. When I first arrived here, I felt like a little fish in a big pond. With all my family and friends back being only a car ride away and the stability of every day life I had created for myself not being existent anymore, it was very difficult to adjust at first. The routine I had been used to was now transformed into a life most people would only hope for. Spending my days with 2 beautiful girls and then traveling as often as possible - how could I not start to fall in love with my life? I began to feel, just as I do now, that I really do have the world at my fingertips. Sometimes it's almost like I forget that I'm in Europe. That a 6 hour drive could take me to Paris. That an hour flight could take me to Italy, Spain, or Switzerland. I've already become used to this new way of living so much that I can't even imagine going home right now - thank goodness I still have another 6 months... but like I said before, times tends to slip through our fingers. Soon enough it will be another 3 months gone by without me noticing. And then another... and then I'll be back home. This is what scares me! Time flies by so fast that sometimes you feel like you could've spent it differently. Like you wasted some of the time you had. Already being over here in Europe, you'd think my time is always spent wisely - but sometimes it isn't! Sometimes I do get so used to things that I forget where I am and that it's only for a limited amount of time. I am so blessed to have been given this opportunity and these next 6 months I can't wait to live so greatly that when the time does come that I have to return home, I won't regret a single day spent in this lovely place I now call home.

Easter Vacay Video :)

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Easter Vacation Stole My Heart

So... lets get started! I know I've been pretty absent (again) with my blogging, but I've been pretty busy lately! I just got back from my wonderful week vacation a couple days ago so I've still been recuperating from the long drives and fun days. Tuesday, March 26th is when we hit the road for Switzerland! We left at about 6 in the morning and got there around 3 in the afternoon! I managed to sleep most of the way there, but was awake for a bit when we got to drive through Germany! When we finally arrived, we all put our suitcases into our rooms and settled in a bit. The place we stayed in was so spectacular! First of all, the place was pretty big for my standards. And second of all, there were windows on just about every side of the house with an amazing view! It was so breathtaking. We had ourselves a hearty dinner and talked and laughed until our eyes couldn't stay open anymore - so we went to bed. The next morning we got to go skiing! This was not only so much fun but also a terribly great workout haha. But to be able to say that I skied in the Swiss Alps made it all the more worth it.

 

 



 Over the days to follow, we either skied, walked around the picture-esque village, stayed in the warm house and hung out, went out to eat and have a cup of hot chocolate, or just enjoyed the snow! That Saturday afternoon, the day before Easter, we decided that since the weather wasn't looking too good for the next couple days (rain, rain, rain) that it would be more pleasent to spend the next couple days in France... so that's exactly what we did :)

 

So, to sum up the trip and say that it was nothing short of amazingly awesome, would be absolutely perfect. I had the time of my life and made lots of memories in wonderful place with amazing people I will never forget :)

Drink Up

Yesterday my friend Petra and I decided that since it was St. Patrick's Day, what better way to spend it than to go to the Heineken Factory in Amsterdam! The "Heineken Experience", as it is called, was way more than I expected it to be! It was so cool and we had such a great time! We were there for hours just having fun with all the things they had there to do! I would recommend it to anyone traveling to Amsterdam :) Now I'm not a big drinker, but when at the Heineken factory, it's kind of a thing you have to do. So we drank, drank, drank!

Here's a video I put together of our day at the factory:

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Petra and I had too much fun with these face in hole picture things. We were at that place in the tour for a long time haha

 

Here we got to see how the beer is brewed! Pretty sweet

 

This guy had the most amazing mustache ever. He deserves an award for his mustache. I just had to take a picture with him.

 

 

Just a Few Things

Hey everybody! Sorry I've been somewhat absent from my blog lately! I try to write in it and post things as much as I can, but sometimes there's just nothing to post about. I've had a lot of "normal" days lately. Since I've been feeling a lot more "at home" recently, most of the stuff I've been doing is nothing too exciting to write about - taking care of the kids, making dinner, going to my dutch lessons, catching up on some Netflix... stuff like that! But I do have a few things that are coming up that are very exciting to me!

• Heineken Factory tour tomorrow
• Switzerland in 11 days
• my birthday in a little over a month
• Germany at the beginning of May
• Sydney is coming at the end of May
• 3 day concert in June

So as you can see I've got a lot to look forward to - and a lot I have to be saving up for! So some weekends and week nights I just stay in so I don't spend money - which is completely fine by me because then I can skype and catch up on reading and watch some TV/Netflix. I'm just looking forward to everything that's coming up in the near future... INCLUDING the weather. The past couple days it hasn't necessarily been too cold - but the on again off again snow and rain plus the really strong wind makes it feel like your face is so cold it's going to break into pieces. But I've been looking at the weather forecast on my phone just about every day hoping to see a little sun icon on the horizon - and I finally see one! The end of next week should be warmer and sunnier! Fingers crossed the weather doesn't change before then! Well I hope you all are having a great spring break and enjoying your nice weather! I love you all and hope to write on the blog soon enough! Have a great St. Patricks Day tomorrow :)

xoxoxoxo

Small Town, Big People

So today I went to Madurodam with a friend. It was probably one of the coolest places I've ever been - no joke! I felt like a little kid in this place, which is pretty funny because I looked like a giant! Madurodam is this closed off place in the town Den Haag, where a bunch of buildings and cars and people and places are replicated from places around the Netherlands, and then made miniature! Everything is so tiny, I felt like Godzilla walking around all the little towns and villages. (So I had to take some Godzilla appropriate picture of course!)