4 countries.....1 day

Let's see......I'm finishing up the last leg of some shared internet time. So, I will spit out...well...type as much as I can within the next 19 minutes or so. I had to remember the last time I posted before starting.....Amsterdam. Amsterdam is pretty wild.....yes, there are prostitutes behind glass doors under red lights.....yes, people smoke weed right out in the open with the police walking by......but.....it is also a pretty city.....developed around a system of canals...interesting. The cornerstone of our stop was a visit to the Van Gogh museum (the largest Van Gogh collection in the world). We stayed in a Christian youth hostel which was a little more expensive than camping...but provided safe refuge from the big city.

Two days in Amsterdam....then......a lot of traveling yesterday. We were on trains from about 10am or so until midnight.....utilized that travel day well. We started in Amsterdam....made our way through Germany.....then Denmark (which is being skipped...sorry Denmark....random people badmouth your boringness...and you don't take the euro.....Sweden is also without the euro...but there is freecamping here)....then we crossed over to Sweden via a 20 min. ferry. We are now in Helsingor, Sweden. We were again entering a city a little too late....but....we met the nicest Swedish guy, Johann.....would really was an angel. He escorted us around to a series of full hotels...and one that would've run us 320 dollars...yikes...but...he then hailed a cab for us...and we took a 20 dollar taxi ride out to a campsite....which we camped next to....for free. Sweden and Norway have a tradition that you can camp on any lands outside city limits as long as you are 150 meters away from a building....stay no more than a night....and don't leave a trace of your stay. He said it is common for people to just hike and camp in the countryside....can't wait....every fjord I've seen has been pretty tight.....but...those have been pictures and movies.....a real-life fjord experience coming to a Josh near you (well....far away from you) soon.

We spent the good part of the morning walking back into town.....now internet......not sure where we go from here. The major destination is a four-day hike in Norway......so...figuring out how to get there effectively will probably make the schedule.

Kevin and Cory will depart homebound at the end of the month....Cory on the 25th of June and Kevin on the 26th. Cory will return to his job/life in LA......Kevin will be heading to Indiana.....his parents are conveniently visiting Indiana around that time anyways...then, he'll head to Florida to start his new southern living with his parents.

Dave and I will continue on with the current itinerary looking like....eastern europe (romania, hungary?), Italy, Greece, Spain, a week at Taize in France, back through Ireland and home. I will admit to being slightly homesick lately......missing good ole warm plentiful food for one...and all my family and friends also. But....I'm here....and I am looking forward to each of the remaining destinations very much. I will be home in almost no time...and then be unemployed and have plenty of time to eat......and spend time with family and friends....even more so if they feed me?!

Out for now.