Today was our last day in Amsterdam as a program. Half of the group had a final school visit and the other half (my team) had a free morning in the city. After breakfast, we all took the ferry back into the city and caught the tram to the Van Gogh museum. We are all going to be public transportation professionals at the end of this trip. The museum was beautiful and it was really interesting to see such iconic pictures first hand. My favorite piece is his 'Sunflowers' installment. In addition to Van Gogh's work, there were displays of his contemporaries and artist that influenced him over the years. It is fascinating to know how all of these famous artists used to collaborate and hang out. 
After lunch in the city and our museum visit, we headed back to (finally) say goodbye to the Botel. We took a bus to the city of Rotterdam, checked into our hotel and had a wonderful dinner on the patio. I am really liking the fact that people in Europe seem to enjoy and value their time a lot more than in the states, particularly at meal time. Our dinner, which ended up being a huge four course feast, took about 3 and a half hours to complete. I was especially happy because we happened to eat a a turkish restaurant, my study abroad worlds collided in the best meal of the trip so far.
The Hotel Bazar, where we are staying, is very interesting and eclectic. They have food and decorations from all over the entire world. Our room in particular looked like a southwestern pueblo. Upstairs the girls had racy Spanish comics as wall paper and shrines to the virgin Mary. Very strange but it was the best sleep we all gotten on the trip, we were just thankful to not be in a hotel that moved. We have one full day in Rotterdam tomorrow and then on to Paris!
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