"This is Holland! There is no room for stairs!"

Two complete days are over. The time here is flying by, but I'm loving every minute of it (well, yesterday was rough - running on no sleep because apparently planes and I don't get along - but other than that, I love it)! Yesterday we had the opportunity to explore the city a bit and I of course went crazy taking pictures. The city is beautiful! We ate at a Dutch pub complete with non-English menus. Ordering was an interesting experience, but the food was great! We forced ourselves to stay awake til 9pm so we could get onto a normal sleeping schedule, and it's safe to say I have never been SO excited for a 9 o'clock bedtime.

Today we went to an international church. Everyone was so welcoming and excited for us to be there. We talked with a Dutch woman for a bit about the church and her experience with it which was awesome, and then we met a girl who is a college student and her and one of her friends ended up hanging out with us for the rest of the day - eating lunch at a Dutch mall, doing a prayer walk on the Erasmus campus and then eating dinner and playing games at Maarten & Miranda's (some of the Agape staff) apartment. As we were leaving, walking down the steps I made a comment about how steep the steps are in Rotterdam and Miranda yelled down from the top - "This is Holland! There is no room for stairs!" I thought that was funny, but it's true - everything here is so smooshed together! All in all, it has been an awesome two days!

Things I'm used to: The small rooms. The bread and lots of it. Public transportation.
Things I'm still getting used to (plus 1000 more): Being stared at everywhere we go. Having no idea what is going on around you.  The lack of drinking fountains.

Keep the prayers coming as we head onto campus tomorrow! We greatly appreciate it :)
-Erin