Pinky's

Hello again! So I decided that while I've been giving everyone a little taste of my adventures, I haven't really gone into any details about what I'm really supposed to be here for: school.

Yes, I know, I had sort of forgotten about it too myself. This thing called homework? Yes, it still exists, unfortunately. However, this semester is a little easier than most, thankfully. I'm not taking as many hours as I usually do because I'm only taking four classes. It's a mixture of history, political science and literature classes. Generally, this means I have a lot of reading to do, but that's easily done on a train ride so it's not too bad. Just add the occasional essay here and there and BAM - I've got myself another semester under my belt. Crazy, isn't it?

This was my second week of classes, so I've started to get into the swing of things in my academia part of this semester. Maastricht is a really nice, little town and I've finally managed to find my way around and not get lost (ahem, when I'm taking my twenty minute walk to class). Everyone in Europe walks everywhere - it's fabulous...and what more? Cars actually stop for pedestrians. It's revolutionary.

Now, you might be wondering what the heck is Pinky's. It is a very, delicious waffle place that my roommate and I went to discover this morning. We didn't have class until this afternoon, and we'd heard about this from a friend who'd been on this trip before. They told us we had to go get waffles at Pinky's. Oh and boy were they right! It was a very scrumptious waffle. See? Who says you can't eat desert for breakfast? (They put ice cream on my waffle...soooo good!)

So, overall, the "studying" portion of study abroad is going smoothly (don't worry Mom and Dad). I'm enjoying my classes (and all the walking that encompasses it). This weekend? I'm venturing out to the west a little to Belgium (more waffles I'm sure) and Luxembourg. Until then!