GO CHINA IN DRENTE EN GRONINGEN Dear friends, Go China in Groningen en Drente - expositions and activities until 31-08-2008. The pictures we show you this time are an impression of the special exhibitions in the Groninger Museum and the Drents Museum in Assen. For the first time in The Netherlands: The Terracotta Army (Assen) and a special exhibition from the artmuseum of Shanghai. Enjoy the pictures. See you next time. Monkey and Bear. [View Full Entry]

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TALES OF THE SILK ROAD - A GREAT PERFORMANCE Dear friends, Last Saterdaynight we visited the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam for a great performance of 'Tales of The Silk Road' There were only two shows in Holland. The performance of Tales of the Silk Road by the Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre was great. Great music too. First performed in China in 1979. Tales of the Silk Road caused a great stir across China. This epochmaking creative work has been recognized as one of the most brillant dance dramas in the new historical period of China. Tales of the Silk [View Full Entry]

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Fun Trip Valencia 31-01 - 04-02-2008. Dear Friends, This travelblog is about Valencia. We stayed here for 5 days. It's a great place to be and it is only a two hour flight from Amsterdam. You can do here a lot of things: visit historic sites, look at the futuristic buildings and enjoy the food, the wine and the special flavours of the kitchen of Valencia. Look at the pictures and see it by yourself. See you next time on our travelblog Love Monkey and Bear and our friends Hettie and Serge [View Full Entry]

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A night at Palazzo is a very unique experience, very good food and entertainment Summary: Dear Friends, On 7-02-2007 THE COOKINGGANG of SIX visit Palazzo in Amsterdam. This great place - an old mirror palace Victorian style - is running by Ron Blaauw. In Holland he is a great chef. If you are in Amsterdam after 24-10-2007 and you want to have a great night with gastronomic food, theater, acrobatic, illusion and lots of fun, you must visit this dinertheater. Look at the website Palazzo to book your tickets. We are sure you have a great night - great food and [View Full Entry]

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Galerie Wildevuur and Travelblogs are fixed Dear Friends, After 36 hours of stress and hard working and thanks to Ali Waters (founder of THE TRAVELBLOG), Google and Yahoo cache our travelblog is fixed again. As you can understand we are very happy with this. Last Saterday we visit the GALERIE WILDEVUUR in Hooghalen - Drenthe - The Netherlands. Website: Galerie Wildevuur When you are in Holland this is a great place to visit. Beautiful nature and garden. You also find here the idyllic teahouse 'Carpe Diem'. The expositions are chan [View Full Entry]

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LOST BLOGS Dear Friends At the end of July there was a mega crash and hackers attack on the server of THE TRAVELBLOG. Ten thousands of entries were lost. At the moment we are trying to recover the lost blogs with the help of Google and Yahoo cache pages. Every recovered blog will published again on the travelblog. After publishing a travelblog again you receive a e-mail that inform you about a new travelblog. Apologise for that. But we hope we can recover the lost blogs again. Love Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Eind juli en begin augustus is [View Full Entry]

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Beijing Good Bye - It was Great again Summary: Our last night starts with a very good, but very spicy diner in one of the many local restaurants. We indeed like good spicy food, but these dishes we will never forget. After our diner we went to the most popular place in Beijing: the Houhai Lake area. After a few hours we went back to our hotel to collect our luggage. Tomorrow morning at 7.30 we have to go to the airport. Back home, back to reality. When you start a four week holiday it seems a long time, but these [View Full Entry]

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Impression of our last few days in China - Part 2 And now the end is near ........................ Impression of Ti'amen Square and the Forbidden City Summary: Today a photo impression of the Forbidden City and Ti'amen Square. Enjoy the pictures. See you next time. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vandaag is onze laatste dag in Beijing. Onze vriend en taxichauffeur Li Peng moet vandaag naar zijn 'company' om zijn maandelijkse bijdrage voor zijn taxi af te dragen. Dit is iedere maand bijna 6000 RMB of te wel rond de 600 euro. Wij hebben uitgereke [View Full Entry]

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Streetlife Xian and Beijing Summary: A few pictures showing streetlife in Xian and Beijing. See you Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, In deze travelblog een aantal foto's die wat laten zien van het leven op straat in Beijing en Xian. Nu is het nog zo dat een groot aantal inwoners van Beijing en Xian dagelijks aktiviteiten ontplooien op straat. Dit is ook de charme van dit soort steden. Dit verandert echter in een hoog tempo. Dagelijks verdwijnen er oude historische en culturele gewoonten van de straat. Het 'dagelijks uitlaten van de vogeltjes' z [View Full Entry]

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And now the end is near .... Impression of our last few days in China - Part 1. Temple of Heaven Summary: A photo impression of the Temple of Heaven. If you need a good and loyal driver in Beijing, please send me a mail. I can contact my good friend Li Peng for you. E-mail: aad.en.ineke.hage@home.nl See you next time. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vandaag een foto impressie van de Temple of Heaven. Vorig jaar hebben wij door tijdgebrek in sneltrein vaart een bezoek gebracht aan de Temple of Heaven. Gelukkig kunnen wij nu meer tij [View Full Entry]

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