This is the inside of Albert Heijn, the most popular grocery store in the Netherlands by far.

This is the Amstel River on Amsterdam’s East side, and this picture shows the East Side of the River. Along the river is a beautiful bike path that leads to the city center.

This picture was taken on my first day of exchange. It is somewhere near the border of Amsterdam and the municipality south named Amstelveen.

This picture was taken in late February. I spent the afternoon just exploring Amsterdam with a group of friends and we stopped to take a bunch of pictures at this canal

This duck store had a rubber ducky in pretty much every form you can think of, including Donald Trump and a bunch of classic marvel super-heroes

Even in February, Dutch Flower stores have countless flower bouquets outside on display.

This is the beautiful forest hotel in South Amsterdam where I stayed my first night before going to the DUWO housing where I stayed for 5 months.

On my first day in the Netherlands, I saw this palm tree just growing in someone’s yard. I thought it was so strange that a palm tree could grow at such a northern latitude in February that I had to take a picture