Oh life

So, I was just reading my previous post about how things were so uneventful.. little did I know the next week would be CRAZY! Man oh man. Most of you know what's going on, but for those who don't, here's the deal-e-o..

I have been in the process of applying for my au pair Visa since I arrived. I was denied at Christmas because my employer's work contract (from his work) was older than 3 months old (by the time the IND got to it). So, we quickly reapplied in January and 2 weeks ago I got a lovely letter from the IND saying, you are denied again, you have 28 days to get out of our country before we send the police to escort you out. WHAT? I was freaking out. I found out that I was denied once again because of this stupid contract. Seriously. The Dutch take soooo long in getting anything done. Of course it was older than 3 months if we sent it in at the beginning of January and they finally denied me in May.. helllooo? Oh the irritation. So we had the choice of starting the process all over again just so I could stay another 10 weeks or I could just leave. We decided I would just leave. Which is a blessing in disguise because now I get to travel all throughout Europe with Josh over the course of 3 weeks (true American style, see as much as you can in as little time as possible) and then I'll be headed home the beginning of July (around the 5th sometime) and then in August I will be moving to Virginia to take another job as a nanny. This wasn't quite what I pictured for myself for this next year, but I have 100% peace, the same peace that I had when I flew across the pond to come to Holland for a year. So I know this is where I am supposed to go next. The family seems so incredibly nice, I can't wait to meet them in person :o) So, if anyone is ever in the DC area, let me know and I'll come see you!
Since I will be traveling for a few weeks if anyone has any "must see" places to visit or "must eat here" restaurants or cafe's to go to.. please let me know. We will be in:

England: London
Italy: Rome, Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice
Austria: Salzburg
Switzerland: Zurich and Interlaken
France: Paris
Possibly Spain: Barcelona

Hope everyone has a great day! And I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of you in July! Yay for blessings in disguise! :o)