Taking A Look Back On Our Trip...

Hello All!

As you can see it has been several days since we returned home from our trip to Amsterdam, Holland. Our travels back to the states weren't completely smooth with having to sit through a delayed flight, leaving some belongings at the security checkpoint, and a customs line that took about an hour to get through once we entered the states, but regardless, we returned home safely!

The general consensus from our team is that they were not ready to leave Holland and truly had the time of their lives the past ten days. As a team, we were able to experience so many amazing things that not many people will ever be able to say they have done! Our schedule throughout the trip was jam packed with many different experiences but we think that it is safe to say that in order to experience all the wonders of a new country you need to do as many things each day as you can. Judging from the coaches extreme exhaustion upon arriving back in the U.S. we're assuming that the girls were also exhausted as well.

Our travels around Holland were based on a wide variety of activities. The girls were able to experience Dutch history by visiting the Anne Frank House and Rijksmuseum. They were able to immerse themselves in Dutch culture by visiting famous Windmills in Holland, seeing the Red Light District, and visiting the famous cities of Alkmaar (Cheese Capital of Holland), and Delft (where the famous Delft Blue is sold everywhere!). Most importantly, we were able to see what the world of field hockey is really like outside of the states and what better place to do it than the best field hockey country in the world?? This trip fulfilled all of our expectations and throughout the ten days we were abroad we had the most amazing times we could have ever imagined!

As young adults it is important to experience as many things as possible in your life and to live each day to the fullest. Some of our ladies already have several stamps on their passports while other members of our team only just received their passports exclusively for this trip. Needless to say, it is evident that the members of our team have the travel bug and are eager to experience as much of the world as possible. What is unique about our trip is that the majority of the team will never be able to experience a brand new country with their teammates, best friends, and family like we have the past ten days.

Thank you all for keeping up with this blog and we hope that you have all enjoyed reading about our travels. Thank you for your endless support and should the time come for us ever to take a trip such as this again we know that our family, friends, and Elms College will always have our best interests at heart!


Love,

Elms College Field Hockey