On Tuesday, we went to the Arnhem Zoo and the national park. The zoo was really cool. We had a tour of the indoor rain forest area. The animals were free to roam for the most part. It really reminded me of the Dallas World Aquarium, so I loved it. I had a chance to see Asian river otters. They were SO CUTE! There was a capybara as well and I have decided that I definitely need one as a pet. The bike ride through the national park was nice. We rode to an art museum... which was interesting. The Van Gough paintings were beautiful! The statues were odd. I can't say that I liked them or that I understood the point. Whatever floats your boat I guess. Afterwards, we head to Utrecht and I got to meet my host! Her name is Elissa. She is really nice and has two super cool rats.
On Wednesday and Thursday, we toured the small and large animal clinic. They were both really impressive. I was half thinking about doing an externship there when I remembered that it would be crazy expensive and I don't speak Dutch haha. The vet students made us a traditional Dutch dinner on wednesday night, which consisted of mashed potatoes with a special type of lettuce chopped up and mixed in. It was tasty. I loved having the opportunity to get to know the Dutch vet students! All of the American vet students went to the Dutch students soccer championship games on Thursday night. We all just hung out and had a good time. It was nice to just hang out.
We saw the lab animal part of the university on Friday and headed back to Berlin. I stayed in Berlin for the rest of the weekend with a group and flew out today. We wandered around the Berlin Zoo for most of Saturday. It was a great day, even though it started raining at the end. We went to a culture festival on Sunday. It was really awesome and reminded me of a fair. The weekend was a great end to the trip.
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