Wageningen Day 2-3 Allison

We are still working on figuring out the town, but slowly, we are learning the ropes. Yesterday, we walked about town even though everything was closed for holiday. Today, we spent the morning shopping for more supplies now that we know where to go and what we have here to use daily. It has been very helpful to ask our neighbors about where to shop, because the prices at our current store are slightly high. We also rented bikes today, which will be very nice because many area towns and things are just a short biking distance. A tip for future students is to be very comfortable riding because these bikes are very tall and very big. It would help if you were very comfortable on a bike in general so that the switch is easy; as it hasn't been for me. We were also nicely invited to Rene's home for dinner this evening and had wonderful food and were able to meet his whole family. I enjoyed the conversation with his daughters because we have as much to learn from them as they have from us. It is too bad that people here only see the U.S. through movies and politics because the ideas extracted from those are believed to be the customs and beliefs of our country. There is so much more to see. I wish we could to an exchange program where students from here would be able to experience the U.S. as well so that we could compare experiences. Maybe someday this can happen.