Today my parents left me all alone in the wilds of Europe.

YE GADS.

My mother made me tell her my WHOLE itinerary, and write down the names of the places I would likely be, and talk her through all my comings and goings.

My dad looked me over once and said: "You're an adult. You can take care of yourself. Bye!"

I found the bus with little problem. Got on the bus and then realized I had to pee.

I held it for a loooong time.

I also didn't take any pictures today. Between moving around so much and packing, I didn't want to risk forgetting it somewhere.

Instead I will give you pictures of previous days.

Here is a cheeky bird at the mosque tea house.

I think he was trying to use mind control on me, but all I could decipher was: "CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP. CHEEP CHEEP. CHEEEEEEEEEEP."

The bus ride was long and boring.

I found the countryside to be both more developed than Alberta/BC countryside, and less developed.

That is to say...In Canada is seems that when a place is developed, it's quite dense and clearly developed, and when it's not, it's super wild and filled with badgers and deer and killer moose.

Here it seems to be....kinda halfway. You can tell they've been working the kinks out of things for a long time, but not a lot of distinct villages/downtown areas are visible from the road.

Or perhaps I just wasn't paying attention.

Here is a bit of window from the Sainte-Chapelle.

Bitchin', n'est pas?

Imagine doing that all by hand, including melting and colouring the glass?

In. Sane.

I really liked that church.

I like churches a lot, even though I'm not particularly religious. I also find them pretty hilarious.

I found it interesting to note that while Joan of Arc featured a lot around the city (statues, paintings, what ever) there was no mention of the French being the ones who captured her and turned her over to the English and to her death...

Or was it the other way around?

I always get that mixed up.

Anyway. I'm tired, and Paul's not online anymore so I'm going to go hide under my covers and sulk, because life is so hard.

AAAAAAAMSTERDAM. :D