Alone on a train aimless in wonder
an outdated map crumbled in my pocket
but I didn't care where I was going
Cause They're all different names for the same place.

The coast dissapeared when the sea drown the sun
I knew no words to share it with anyone
The boundaries of language I quietly cursed
And all the different names for the same thing

This place is a bohemian modge podge of incredible people. To say the least. I am constantly amazed by the talent I am surrounded by at the castle. Of all the 76 of us, every person is so smart and clever and interesting and has something that sets them apart. I feel really lucky to be around everyone here, cheesy as it sounds. I think there's ( Read more... )

We all know that I travel every weekend, at least 3 days a week in fact, and everytime I come home, my away message is something along the lines of "______ is AMAZING!" But nothing compares, nothing compares....to Ireland. Kady told me that I had to go there, and it was her favorite place, and I figured I would like it a lot, but not like this ( Read more... )

Alright, so my plan of updating this with my advetures has basically been a complete failure. I could still go back and enter in all my personal journal entries from every week, but there's a good chance I won't do that. Anyways, so far I've been to all over the Netherlands including Nijmegen, Venlo, Maastrict and of course, Amsterdam; Brussels, ( Read more... )

For the past two days, I've felt very disconnected from my body. I mean, like my right hand will move to run fingers through my hair, and my brain is suprised by it, like the brain didn't say, Hey right hand, touch hair. And when I lick my lips, that's the craziest feeling ever because the lips feel like they aren't my own. What is the meaning ( Read more... )

This post is about how awesome this town is. So read on, or not. Ok, so Well. Cutest little town ever. There are two sides of the town, and the castle is on the road that runs the 2 ends together. It's totally quaint, in the most literal sense. Tiny little shops all over. There is a place that sells healing crystals and rocks on the side of ( Read more... )

Sunday night we had "reception," which was basically a party/jam-session. It was in Sophie's, which is the large parlor in the castle which also serves as a bar on weeknights. We all had wine, and 2 of Justin's Dutch musician friends came and played a bunch of songs for us. They were really good, and pretty attractive lol Gotta love the Dutch men ( Read more... )

So firstly, I'm gonna go ahead and apologize for that last post...first night out last night and I went to both bars in town, first Onder de Linde (Under the Linden) then the Vink. Linden is very bar-ish, they even have a beirut table! (Ctown, what?) Me, Liz, and Steph were the first Castle kids in the bar that night, and when we walked in, ( Read more... )

i lveo drtuch beer! sooooo good! wil write more tomorrow, too frnuk now

I'M FINALLY HERE. And its fucking amazing. Seriously. This is surreal. Soooo I went to the LB Thursday morning to gather as a group and just did some orientation things etc, got to walk around the city for a few hours and had one final trip to NYP with Matt and Britt. It was sooo nice out in Boston yesterday too, like springtime. We got back to ( Read more... )