I am finding that Amsterdam is very specific. I think I would enjoy it much more if I was with friends, but alone it is kind of weird. It's really quite a party city. There are some very cool little shops, but I haven't gotten a chance to go into them. I have spent the majority of time figuring out the logistics of finding and hooing up with Maia. I got to watch her play tennis today, which was cool, but she was playing against this very annoying girl who threw her off with her strange grunting. Last night Maia said that she is homesick, but not homesick in the traditional sense. She said she misses the familiarity of home and Milford and everything, which is completely understandable. She has made several friends and I think she is having fun. The people who are the "counselors" are cool and it seems like Maia likes them as well. I talked to one of them for a bit today. She is from Holland and she was saying that it has been interesting for her to work with American kids, because she has all these preconceived notions about Americans and they have been disproved mostly. She was also saying that the main thing she notices is that there is a huge difference in kid's senses of responsibility for their actions, which I thought was interesting. I am having trouble balancing going to the tennis area and seeing Amsterdam. Today I slept in a bit and then went to Hillegom to the tennis tournament and the train timing was so long and ridiculous for a town that is very close. Hopefully now that I know the routine, I will be able to cut down on travel time. Then when I got back to Amsterdam, I went grocery shopping for Maia and I, then got lost with a full bladder and bags of groceries, found a bathroom, went back to the hostel, then did laundry and now coordinating with a friend on the interweb. I need to go to the flower market outside of town and see the sights in Amsterdam as well. I have time though...The hostel I am staying at is pretty crazy. The people there are REALLY INTO GOD. I mean I respect religion and everything, but this is intense. I was perusing the bookshelves, all about christianity, novels about christianity, etc. There are quotes from the bible everywhere. There is a book with information about each of the employees and most of them are like "hobbies: god, snowboarding"", etc. very intense. To each his own...