holyyyyyy crap it is very cold in Amsterdam. I boarded the plane in a tanktop and walked off in 3 coats....a very abrupt transition from summer to winter! We landed in a solid 6 inches of snow at Schiphol, which has been causing a ton of delays and cancellations.. my friend Chelsea I was with was sitting on the runway on her plane to Atlanta, only to find out it was cancelled..so we may be meeting up again later tonight if she is stuck here!
Our last day in Arusha was weird, just because we knew we were leaving that night. Chelsea and I finished packing up and got our last meal of street food and I did some last minute shopping. We both stocked up on Chai Bora (our favorite tea) and I got an extra-large jar of Vegemite that will hopefully last me through the year :) We hopped into our taxi that took us to the airport and for the FIRST time over the past 4 months Mt. Kilimanjaro was crystal clear....we could see all the snow covering it. It was awesome, and I'm really glad I got to see it on my last night there!
We boarded our plane at 10:30pm and took off for Dar-es-Salaam to pick up more passengers before heading north to Europe. I guess I slept because chelsea informed me that I missed dinner. We got to Amsterdam a gross 11 hours later where I said goodbye to Chelsea and headed out to find a bus. Surprisingly, I feel so much more culturally retarded here in Amsterdam than I did in Tanzania. I dont know why but its a lot scarier to ask people for help here, and I also do not understand a word of Dutch. I felt a little lost. I managed to find a bus to take me to Museumplein where my hostel was. Then I walked around for a good half hour with my giant backpack on my back, and my little backpack on my front in the snow until I found my hostel...I was freezing by the time I got there. My hostel is cute although I am in a room with 6 people...there are 4 of us so far and im the only girl....interesting. One of my roomates was kind of screaming into his phone in Sri-Lankan or whatever they speak there but I managed to fall asleep and take a nice nap.
Right now I'm just sitting in my hostel trying to figure out what to do with myself...I meet up with my friends tomorrow morning. I already walked around a bit to find food and explore but it was so damn snowy I ended up just coming straight back after eating. Also my lack of proper clothing in this winter weather is somewhat of a hinderance.Oh well. I think my goal tonight will be to find a waffle because I heard they are good here...hmm. I did get to eat a salad for lunch today though! it was splendid to have lettuce after 4 months.
kwa heri! I dont know how they goodbye in dutch so Im gunna stick with what i know...kiswahili.
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