Good times with Steph!

So my sister Steph came to visit me here! I was so dang excited about it, and we had a lot of fun. I can't believe how fast time goes, and she's already been here and gone already! It's nuts. But she spent a few days with me here in Groningen and then we went to London for a few days and then spent one day in Amsterdam. It was a short trip, but still good. We had some fun adventures and it all started when we missed our flight to London! Looking back we can laugh about it and call it an adventure, but while it was happening, it was more like a nightmare! We had to be at the airport to check in at least 40 minutes before our flight left and we got a ride to the airport. But we hit a ton of traffic and by the time we got there, the check in had closed and there was nothing we could do! We were devastated and both of us were bawling and it was awful. It was also my birthday! But then we ended up going to Brussels, Belgium and going to London on the Chunnel! It cost more money, but I just put it on the credit card and we got to London! At our hostel, they didn't have my reservations! Perfect. But it was okay because they had extra rooms and the hostel was really nice. Once we got everything taken care of, the day turned out really well and we went and saw STOMP and had dinner. So overall, I had a good birthday! We saw all the tourist sights and even though it was freezing, it was sunny and really pretty. Having Steph here was awesome and I'm so glad that she got to come and we could have fun together. After she left, I felt homesick and I really missed her! But we had a lot of fun.Here we are at the bus stop in Groningen. We were on our way to London.
This kind of explains how we were feeling after everything that had happened. At this point we were finally going to London, but it had been a stressful morning.





This was a cool sign I saw by the London Bridge. (Which isn't so cool by the way, it's just a plain bridge. It's pink at night which is kinda cool, but the Tower Bridge is much better!)
Another crazy pic of us being weird. We went to Harrod's and looked at all the super expensive name-brand clothes that we couldn't afford. It was fun.
This is us with the Tower Bridge in the background. The Tower of London is on the other side of the River Thames.This is the city hall and the London Eye is the huge ferris wheel. We went on the eye and it was awesome! We could see the entire city and it was such a clear day so we got some good pictures.
Steph and I on the London Eye.
This what we were sitting in on the Eye.
The views from the Eye.
Buckingham Palace at the Changing of the Guards. It was really cool, but there were SO MANY people and everyone was pushing and running around trying to get the best picture. Dang tourists...
Double-decker bus! They're all over in London.

The famous telephone booths.
Steph and I with the River Thames, the House of Parliament, and Big Ben in the background.
This is us at STOMP. It was an amazing show and extremely entertaining. We loved it!This is in Amsterdam. We went to the Anne Frank House and it was pouring rain and really cold while we were waiting in line. But as soon as we got inside it cleared up (of course)! The Anne Frank House was really cool and it was awesome to see her original diary and where her family hid out for so long.We went to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Amsterdam and it was nuts. This is the view of Dam Square from the museum window.Here I am jamming with Bob Marley. Psyche! He's fake!Me and Elvis just chillin'.We also went to the Red Light District in Amsterdam. It was very interesting and nobody worry, it's not dangerous and we were there at like 6pm! But it was crazy and we weren't supposed to take pictures, so I just took this one of the Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum.Me inside a giant wooden shoe!
I love Holland!