in between

I successfully switched hostels, what was it, 4 nights ago? I spent the last four nights on the West End in a comfy little place tucked away in a neighborhood area (although not the nicest area) it feels like I'm living in a little apartment, and I'm able to cook dinner and store leftovers, etc, which is a nice change. I made a meat sauce to go with pasta for about 7 euros and it lasted me all 4 nights. Unfortunately I got sick the first couple days here and did nothing more than sleep and read. Finally feeling better, I spent the last couple of days taking it easy, just walking around to enjoy the sunshine.

Then last night I boarded the night bus to Amsterdam! ( which is where I am now) the bus left at 7:30pm and got in early this morning at 4:30am. It wasn't supposed to get in until 5:45, when I figured I'd only have to wait a half hour for the metro to start running to get to city center and my hostel. I honestly had no idea where the bus was even taking us in amsetrdam, I just figured the central bus station was close to the central train station. I ended up having to walk about 2 hours to my hostel (super fun with a backpack!) and passed out in their lounge area when i finally got in a little after 6am. After being woken up to check in, I went back to drifting in and out of sleep (because although I was supposed to pay for my room at that point, I couldn't go in until 10:30am.) I got into the room, changed my own sheets, and passed out for a solid 8 hours. I woke up, just had a bite to eat, and now I'm drinking Becks in the hostel bar as I finish typing this.  

No plans for tonight yet, but I'll prob meet people here as soon as I put away the iPad. Tomorrow I have to wait in the abnormally slow line that is the Amsterdam central ticket counter and figure out how much it's gonna cost me to get to Munich. After Munich I have Prague & Vienna to visit, then down to Italy to see craigy (&Rome) and thennnnnnn people I'm just about done! Now I know the tentative plan was to stay until December, but my brain is kind of turning to mush over here! The intelligent conversation doesn't exist in hostels, which has been awesome the last 3 months, but I'm missing the real world a bit. I was so burnt out when I graduated, I'm so glad I took time completely off to forget about it. And I think this vacation will have helped once I go home, because I'll be completely ready to find a job and start doing something again. But I think I'm just going to enjoy the last month I have here, spend my money like crazy, then come home!!

You probably won't hear from me again until Oktoberfest!! 
RG