Where am I going?

I thought I should give you some more information about my plans for the next six weeks. I'm leaving tonight and flying to Amsterdam where I will be able to go downstairs to purchase a train ticket to take me to the town of Dieren. From there I will hopefully be able to get a lift to the place where I'll be staying in the town of Doesburg, otherwise it'll be public transit which is also supposed to be easy to manage. The clinic where the prenatal visits are held is near where I will be staying for most of my time. Here is a link to the clinic's website:
http://www.vroedvrouwenpraktijk.nl/
My family will arrive on June 12 and then we will have time for a little European holiday before heading back. I think that's it for now. I've got a lot of packing to do. Wish me luck. xxoo J

Packing up

Only a couple more days before I fly away. My plans for a week of targeted preparation have been thwarted by an ill child who has missed the past two days of school. I had imagined spending the day doing some shopping and picking up a power adapter instead of making tea and toast. Arne came home early, so I went out to help organize supplies for classmates who are headed to Uganda and Nepal. I was able to take donated knit hats for all the Dutch newborns I meet - cute! I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to pay for anything while I'm away. So far I know that anytime I use my debit card I will be charged $5 and I may or may not be able to access my savings account depending on who I ask. Visa will charge me a fee of 2.5% on every transaction that involves conversion of currency. No problem, I'll just take cash. Now I just have to find any local bank that doesn't need 3 days warning to "order them in." Oh poor last-minute-me.

What are traveler's cheques?

Hello everyone,

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Soon I will be heading to Europe to spend six weeks in Holland as part of my training as a student midwife with the Midwifery Education Program at UBC. The last time I was on an international flight there was no such thing as a Euro, smiling was allowed in passport photos and my wallet was padded with traveler's cheques. Thanks to the internet I learned that those are the dinosaurs of travel! I can't wait to see what else I'm going to learn over the next few weeks.

Bye for now,

Jill