First official day in Maastricht

    Today was a really cool day because it was our first day to spend the whole day getting acquainted with the city. It was day one of our Maastricht orientation and a guide walked us all over the city. I had no idea how perfect the town is! It really looks Dutch, which I know sounds silly, but for some reason, that comes as a surprise. 
    There are tons of sidewalk cafes and quaint little shops. The sun was shining today for the first time since we have been here so that made everything that much better. It was a pretty relaxed day. 
     However, The most eventful thing that happened today was going grocery shopping. What seems like a minor task ended up being a pretty complicated ordeal. EVERY SINGLE THING was in Dutch.. words like "Kwaliteitgarantie" and "Maaltijd soep Kip"were everywhere... and yes, I did just take those directly off of some of my food purchases. I had no idea how dependent I am on fine print! Usually I feel like I jsut walk up and grab the color or picture that looks good on something. But not here! 

    I think I ended up doing okay though. I managed to get the right kind of milk ("melk"...not that hard ha) and grabbed some familiar looking cereal and soups with pictures on them. I guess we'll see how it goes!