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" Hey guys! Sorry I&amp;#039;ve been away - I finished my midterms last week and then left the next morning for my break trip! I went with my roommate Olivia and our other friend Laura to Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam. I had no idea what to expect - I had never traveled by myself before, let alone stay in hostels, so I was really worried about how it was going to be. We got to Prague and tried to find our hostel - the maps were so hard to read and the language was nothing like I had ever seen. We finally found it and got settled - it wasn&amp;#039;t as bad as I thought it would be. The beds weren&amp;#039;t gross (it helped that I brought my own sheets!) and we had lockers to put our stuff in so we didn&amp;#039;t have to worry about it getting stolen. We saw so many beautiful things that I didn&amp;#039;t even know were in Prague - beautiful bridges and churches that were hundreds of years old! We got on a train heading to Berlin after Prague (thank god for iPods, let me tell you). We went out to this crazy club called Tresor which was basically an abandoned warehouse that only played techno music (so German, right?) We stayed out dancing until the wee hours of the morning and had so much fun but were so tired that next day that sightseeing was cut short in order for a much needed nap. The next place we went to was Amsterdam, probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been too. The whole city is based on a system of canals, so every other street is a water way (like Venice, Italy). We were only in Amsterdam for one night, so we went out into a square called Leidsplein where there were a bunch of street performers and a whole bunch of carts selling all different kinds of food (I had the best curry rice EVER). I am so lucky to be able to be on this program. It allows me to be so free and independent - I can&amp;#039;t think of another situation where I would be able to travel around Europe with a couple of friends for a week. I&amp;#039;m learning so much about myself and all the things I am capable of doing, and the great thing is that through this blog I get to tell all of you that you can have the opportunity to do this too - all you have to do is ask. Please, please ask me any questions you have about going abroad or even taking a gap year - I think its a really important decision to make and I want to help as many people as I can with that! You guys are awesome, hope everyone&amp;#039;s doing well. More to come, I promise (esp. more videos!)  Cheers!  kelsey "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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