Emerson Women's Lacrosse: The Amazing Adventures of Krystie and Mack!

We hope everyone's weekend was enjoyable and fall-like. The weather was mild for Boston Octobers, but no complaining here. This week's post marks the introduction of a little log being kept by two of our world-traveling juniors, attacker Mackenzie Johnson and captain and defender Krystie Zoch. We'll let them do most of the talking here - enjoy!

Hallo (ß that’s hello in Dutch), everyone!!! As most of you already know, Mackenzie and I are spending our fall semester in Well, The Netherlands. We get to live in a beautiful castle and travel every weekend. We have been meeting a ton of new people and visiting a ton of different places! We are living it large over here in the Netherlands. There are even two moats! To say the least, we feel like princesses. The castle is in a small town called Well. And when we say small, we mean small. But once our travel weekends end, coming back to a small town is a nice break. We basically have classes Monday through Thursdays and then you have Friday (sometimes Thursdays if you get out early enough) through Sunday to travel anywhere you’d like. Even though we have only been here for about three weeks, we are already in love with everything!

On our first travel weekend, Emerson brought the program to Amsterdam. The city was absolutely beautiful! There are canals and BIKES everywhere. Beware when/if you go to Amsterdam….. the bikers will kill you- we repeat- will kill you. They don’t stop for anybody. The first week we were in The Netherlands we were explained that Dutch people cherish bikes more than they cherish God.

The next weekend, Mackenzie and I spent a romantic get-away/our honeymoon together in Barcelona, Spain. Of course, with our luck, it rained the entire weekend. But you guys know us; we made the most of it. The beaches were lovely (regardless of the lack of sun), and the nightlife is so much fun! They have the most interesting clubs and bars! We went to this one bar where the prices of the drinks follow the stock market. We had a blast!

Last weekend, we spent about three days in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city contains a lot of history and a lot of haunted myths. The first day we toured Edinburgh and went to the National Museum. We also ate lunch in the same café that J.K Rowling wrote Harry Potter! The café was called The Elephant House. It was so adorable and had the best baked potatoes ever. The second day was more adventurous. A group of us hiked up to Arthur’s Seat (they say it’s a hill…. don’t fall for it). It was a rough two hour hike in boots, jeans, and sweaters, but we survived. The hill/mountain looked over the ocean and the entire city of Edinburgh. The hike was well worth it, the view was the most beautiful thing we have ever seen.