Excerpts from Dory’s Journal

Day 2, 8:40 June 27th, 2024

Amsterdam Schipol

We are there! We are in Europe! Currently yours truly is starving, cranky, and in a line. Something will happen at the end of this line. Either I will go mad, or I will keep it (not legible).

Anyways, I will keep it together with a smile and a promise.

Yours truly,

Dorrel

Starbucks at Amsterdam Schipol airport. (photo: Dory)

Day 2, 10:15 July 27, 2024

Dutch National rail system, Netherlands

Hello! I am currently on a train to s’Hertogenbosch, where we will change for a train that will take us to Maastricht, where we are going. I am enjoying the scenery as we progress further away from Amsterdam Schipol. We are now stopping at Amsterdam Zuid (south) where some people will get on. We will stop at Utrecht Centraal, where I will reminisce in our old trip and our place there.

Always yours,

Dorrel

After zero sleep on the overnight flight, Vivian was the only one to catch a nap on the train to Maastricht. (photo credit: Stephanie)

Day 2, 13:37 June 27, 2024

Aunt Casey’s apartment

Hello! I am currently on a couch, and getting humid & sweaty as(not legible). Well, I recently discovered that I will be sleeping on a mattress. The trip from the train station to this apartment was very cramped. Like, if economy seating and a car were combined, it would be European cars. Welp, my pen is getting sweaty, so goodbye.

Punctually,

Dorrel

Daily Reflection: Day 2

Today was a day in which I barely slept, set up our base in Belgium, and generally relaxed. I saw the stereotypical European village, and I ate some frites. In short, uneventful.

Love, Dorrel