So we have been moving around alot over the last couple of days, and therefore I was not able to report back on the 24th of May. Lucky for me however, I have just located what must be the slowest computer known to mankind, and therefore I can invest my time in frustration and error messages for the rest of the night. So the 24th was mostly a travel day from Winterthur to Amsterdam---the deal was that we all had to meet up at the SIT (Student International Travel--I think) offices in AMsterdam at 5pm. So we basically traveled in three groups---one group via overnight train, one group via a morning flight to Amsterdam, and Louis, Jimmy and Dan on their flights to Amsterdam. So Jimmy Dan and Louis' flight from Zurich was delayed, which caused the following chain of events: missed connecting flight--> forced into another two flights to get to Amsterdam--> grinding of teeth and a raised voice when speaking of or to anyone that is employed by any airline---> eventually get to Amsterdam. Dan managed to make the meeting just in time even though they were re-routed through almost every country in the EU. So we all met up at the meeting at 5pm and we met the friendly people from SIT (whom were in charge of matching us up with our home-stays). All the home-stay families then came over at 7:30 to have pizza and to meet everyone. Everyone hanged around for a couple of hours, and then we all departed to our new houses. So yes, therefore I will bring my tale to an end since the computer I am working on just started making a noise that sounds very much like the opening of a porthole into a parallel universe, and therefore cant be good.
cheers from Amsterdam
Niel
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