Mom's Visit and Amsterdam

Ok so it's definitely been toooo long since I've updated, but I'm a busy girl! Since my last update, my lovely Mah has come to visit from Wichita and I've been on a visit of my own to see Anouk in Holland:


A lovely view of London from the top of the Monument to the Great Fire of London (we had to climb 311 steps for this beaut!). Mom had never been to London before so that was the first thing on our agenda.


St. Paul's Cathedral. A lot of it was under scaffolding (just like the rest of the country) but the front was looking very nice.


Mom and myself, chillin by the Big Ben clocktower.


Westminster Abbey. We wanted to go inside but the line was enormous, so we settled for just snapping some pictures outside.


Buckingham Palace


God save the Queen?


View down "The Mall", the road leading to the Palace.


A beautiful shot of the English countryside. After seeing London, we rented a car for a little road trip up to Liverpool and past Stonehenge. Luckily we had GPS in the car, but that didn't help with driving on the left side of the road! Mom handled it wonderfully, with maybe just a tiny bit of stress, hehe.


Stonehenge! I had heard that it was just a bunch of big rocks...it was. But it was still really cool!


What does one do in Liverpool but go to the Beatles museum of course!!! It was really really cool and I wish I could live there.


Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes...So great!


Let me take you down 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields...Loveee it!


Mom at the Carpenter's Arms Pub with her first Fish and Chips and a half-pint of Strongbow Cider (and mushy peas). Best!


Cute.


The day my Mom left to head back to the states, I caught a plane to Amsterdam meet up with Anouk and Lauren. Anouk used to live down the street from me in Eton but moved back to the Netherlands in March, so of course Lauren and I had to go visit. Here we are, myself, Anouk and Lauren enjoying some champagne to celebrate our reunion!


Our first night in Amsterdam. So much fun!


Cute canal. They're evvverywhere.


At the top of a huge swing in Dam Square, with a nice view of the Royal Palace (yeah, who knew Holland had a Queen?)


Klompen! We went to a shop with wooden shoe (not clog apparently) making demonstrations and about a milllion you could buy (or just pose with).


Me and a windmill


More windmills bein cute


Canal in Amsterdam. We rented bicycles and rode around for hours one afternoon in the sun...so nice!


Lovely flowers in the Dutch countryside.

What a nice month. And another nice one ahead of me! Lauren and I leave Saturday morning to go to the island of Ibiza off the coast of Spain for my 20th birthday. Unfortunately it might be one of my last abroad (for now). My return flight is set for June 27, two months from today. Though I'm looking forward to a summer in Wichita, there's still a possibility that I can find a job in Ireland a move on to work there on a 4 month visa and come back in November. It's all pretty up in the air right now and it hurts my brain to even think about what I should do and what will make me most happy. Finding a job right now is pretty tough, so I might be back in time for the 4th of July...?

Love love love,
Kelsea