From Around the World in Katie Days. This is the first post in a series that will highlight things I’m learning as I go. From the mundane everything to the panic-stricken moments, here’s what I (now) know: 1. No one takes credit cards. I have found exactly one business in Utrecht that takes [...]
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February 17th, 2012 - 9:58 am § in Netherlands, The World
An Uphill Battle
This post is from the blog Around the World in Katie Days by Kate who is studying in Utrecht. How do you study abroad when you’re an introvert? This is the question I asked myself over and over when I was preparing to go abroad, and it’s the question I’ve been wondering since I showed [...][...]
February 17th, 2012 - 9:30 am § in Europe, Netherlands
Surprise! Things I Didn’t Know, Part 1
This is the first post in a series that will highlight things I’m learning as I go. From the mundane everything to the panic-stricken moments, here’s what I (now) know: 1. No one takes credit cards. I have found exactly one business in Utrecht that takes Mastercard, Visa, or American Express[...]
Classes
Classes are in full swing here at Universiteit Utrecht. For international students, that meant we attended two orientations during the first week of February. The first orientation was all about paperwork: paperwork for registering with the city, paperwork for canceling our city registration in July[...]
February 7th, 2012 - 5:08 am § in Europe, Netherlands
Top Five Ways Dutch Students Are Just Like Us
I'm pretty sure Dutch students don't like T.U.[...]
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 am § in Europe, Netherlands
Hallo and Sneeuw!
Hallo from Utrecht! After 11 hours up in the air, I am finally in my new home in central Holland (and yes, everyone here does call it Holland–they look at you so oddly if you say The Netherlands!). About half an hour from Amsterdam, Utrecht is a gorgeous town with many old churches, canals, a[...]
June 4th, 2010 - 4:27 pm § in Netherlands
Hello again from Netherlands
Wow, so I really ended up failing at this blog thing. After awhile you feel like no one is reading so it is kind of pointless but then again I think I’ll enjoy reading these someday. So here it goes. School has been going … weird. This “module” (they break each semester up[...]
May 12th, 2010 - 1:21 am § in Netherlands, The World
Flop 5
Now, for the top five things I like better about Europe than America 1. Traveling 2. Biking 3. Trains 4. Proximity 5. Bubbly Water Traveling It is so interesting how you can travel to all these different countries in such a short time. They are so close to each other and relatively small (as c[...]
May 12th, 2010 - 1:20 am § in Netherlands, The World
Top 5
Top Five Things I Miss about America I must start by saying, my obvious first big miss is family and friends. I do not miss them in a sad way like I wish I were back home, but in a grateful way. Sometimes you need space and time away from people to realize [...][...]
February 23rd, 2010 - 1:12 pm § in Netherlands
Spring Break or Something Like It
So, I am on “spring break” with snow and ice. Although here there are two “spring breaks” one early and one late. So really a late winter and an early summer break. I went to northern Germany for break; with a friend. Currently just hanging out and shopping of course Tip of[...]