Hola, Estamos em Ermelo city, que e um povoado de 26.000 pessoas e muitos cachorros, veados, javalis. Pra mim aqui ja e inverno, mas o Richard insiste que e so o comeco do outono.... Estamos testando o novo blog para quando estivermos viajando.. O que vc acha?? E facil manejalo?? [View Full Entry]

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Well the backpacks are finally packed and we're almost ready to leave! So here's the happenings for the first leg of our trip. First off to the train station in Arnhem to catch the ICE train to Dusseldorf where we have to change trains to get to the airport. We've booked a stay at the Sheraton on the airport grounds (no we're not rich - just got a fantastic last-minute deal, no doubt we'll get what we paid for!!) From Dusseldorf we head off to Helsinki where we have a short 3 hour wait to catch the next flight to Delhi [View Full Entry]

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Well Jan and I are almost packed and ready - the i-Pods are being uploaded as I write, the photocopying of documents is complete and we have spare pass photos in hand! Will have our first photos up soon together with a real blog!! [View Full Entry]

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Terribly sorry to have put a hold on the blogging for the past couple days: we've been exploring our surrounding areas. I guess I'll start from the beginning. Oh jeez! The day before yesterday, the day started off much like any other, however Monty and Alysia had make-up classes. Because of this, we couldn't leave from Well to do anything until around 3 o'clock. However, we made up the time easily. We each bought dagkaarten (day passes): this time, the bus driver actually spoke English! We headed out to a little town we had passed by the day previous, called Arcen. [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, Sarah here. We flew into Amsterdam yesterday at about 6:30 am, which is crazy to think about because we left the US at about that time the day before. Our first flight to Minneapolis was uneventful. The second and longest flight to Amsterdam was slightly more troublesome. We sat right behind a family with two young children...I bet you can guess where this is going. Yes, they screamed the WHOLE time and NO, the parents did nothing about it. It was aggravating. But after some dramamine and a baby bottle of wine, I was in La La Land. Mike...not [View Full Entry]

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So today we went to Utrecht and looked around. I tried straightening my hair this morning and burned a chunk off right in the front. I don't think my voltage converter is working. Also bought a card reader in Utrecht, but of course, it does not work. Argh! Anywho, Urtrecht was cool. It was semi-reminiscent of Amsterdam...lot of canals and cafes and little shops. Very busy. I'm not seeing any clearly defined trends in clothing like I did last time, but needless to say Europeans have a much more colorful style than we do. The jet lag is kicking my butt [View Full Entry]

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Well this is it people the last blog from an awesome trip to europe. Even though I'm home already I figured I should still finish it, mainly because the last week in holland was awesome fun (as usual.) After the marathon train ride back to Nijmegen Melissa cooked up a feed while we got out stuff organised, then we went out for drinks with two of Melissa's mates Hans and Maria. Everyone was pretty knackered so after a kebab on the way home we hit the sack ready for an early morning train to Harderwijk where Melissa's parents have a holiday [View Full Entry]

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The Vierdaagse festival is a week and a bit long street party in Nijmegen, in celebration of the 4 day walking event held at the same time. All throughout town there are about 20-25 stages set up where they play all sorts of music from midday till midnight. After 12 everyone heads to the bars and the party generally kicks on till at least 5am. Reece and I were there from the Saturday night (first night) until Wednesday, Steve also met us in Nijmegen on Monday, right in time for Melissa’s birthday. The 4 nights partying were a lot of fun, [View Full Entry]

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Hey Iedereen! Hier dan eindelijk de veelgevraagde Blog! Voor mij geen waarbenjij.nu, het schijnt namelijk dat je via deze site veel meer fotos kan plaatsen, en die wil ik jullie natuurlijk niet onthouden..dus we zullen zien! Hieronder de plannen! Komende donderdag 10 juli om 13.30 vlieg ik vanaf Amsterdam naar San Jose, de hoofdstad van Costa Rica. Als alles goed verloopt staat David, een Duitse student uit Maastricht, me daar dan ergens op te wachten! Onzettend aardige kerel, heel relaxt en laidback, vind alles prima, dus fijn dat we met zijn 2en zijn! De bedoeling is om eerst twe [View Full Entry]

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The third week we were in Nijmegen, we stayed at the Hessenburg site. Huge craters where parking garages would go, an excavator threateningly close to our hardhat clad heads, deadlines, many graves, oil lamps, and coins. The ground was sandy, which at least made for easy digging. We were all ready to get out of the dirt once and for all during our last week, and I think on Monday we were at Kiki’s site again, but I can’t remember for sure (that’s terrible; it’s only been three weeks!) Tuesday I went with Laura to the office so she could finish [View Full Entry]

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