ANOTHER LIST! Wahoo!

Shameless plug. Follow me on twitter at ArSRoth and you can hear about in-the-moment happenings of my life. Usually they involve food, biking, or comments about the weather. But, then again, so does my blog which brings me to my next list entitled, "Top 5 things I blog about and Why":


1. Food. Well, the obvious reason is that I am in Europe studying abroad and I guarantee most who have done so before me would agree that what you eat and where you eat it is a big part of this whole abroad experience. That being said, if you had already been following me on twitter, you would know that last night I desperately started eating the freeze-dried (ew) strawberries out of my special-K box because I really was in the mood for something sweet. No, it did not hit the spot in case you were wondering.


2. Weather. Okay, so there is this ongoing joke at WashU that all us WashU kids talk about is the weather since we are so lame and blah blah blah we don't have anything better to talk about blah blah blah. I wholeheartedly disagree. Besides, in just one week I feel like everything has dramatically improved here and yes that is mostly due to the fact that I am now confident the sun does exist in Utrecht. Thus, I shall blog about it.


3. Bikes. I mean, DUH. I am in the Netherlands. Considering I have a plethora of unfortunate/fortunate things happening to me whilst on my handy-dandy 80 euro kids-sized bike, I would feel guilty if I didn't share them. Besides, I know you all sit there laughing thinking about me riding my bike to get everywhere/do everything. It's not exactly the LR2  I was used too.. (OH HOW I MISS YOU!!!)


4. Domestic Things. aka cleaning, washing, cooking, ugh I am already getting tired thinking about it. Regardless, abroad has really brought out the domestic side of me and thus it is only fair if I update you every once in a while. However, don't expect any gourmet meals when I get home this summer. I have mastered cooking anything with EVOO in a pan but thats about it. That being said, if you want eggs, I'm your girl.


5. NethaNethalands, of course! While I am almost entirely confident that come July 1 I will have spent 5 months here learning almost no Dutch-- its not my fault, when I speak English to a Dutch person, they always respond in English-- I most definitely know a thing or two about this country. Even if my blogging may suggest otherwise, there is more to this country than stroopwaffles and pancakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (here I go again with the food). More to come on that.


Now, what gave me the genius idea to write such a list? For one, the fact that I could not be more bored writing my paper that is due tomorrow and this seems like a nice way to procrastinate and two, because I have a lot of fun travelling planned in the next few weeks and am excited to add "travelling" to my list of  top things I blog about. While I know I have a few fans who love hearing about my mani, pedi woes and my cleaning sprees, I hope you are looking forward to hearing about my travels as much as I am looking forward to actually doing my travels. 


The line up is... drum-roll please... Berlin, Copenhagen, Antwerp/Bruges, Barcelona, and of course, Amsterdam.