Blogs from Gelderland, Netherlands, Europe - page 6

It was the homeostatic equivalent of placing a loaded pistol to my temple and pulling the trigger. Consuming 1 bottle of cheap whisky, watching 3 football world cup qualifiers, joining a protracted and intense debate about various global woes and sleeping 3 hours must rank among the worst possible preparation routines for a long-haul, transcontinental flight. What would you do? You have a nasty flight and an even more gruesome connection beginning the next day when your roommates invite you to join them in an evening of restrained revelry. The cute Angel on my right shoulder firmly reminded me that AirasiaX’s seats on the KL-London route weren’t going to be conducive to a good sleep, and London’s Stanstead airport certainly wasn’t going to provide comfortable locations to pass the 15-odd hours between my midnight arrival and ... read more

I need to preface this storz with the fact that in germanz the z and y are switched on the keyboard, and for dramatic effect I will be tzping normally. Have Fun! Mz 8am alarm was the earliest I had set since I'd been in Amsterdam. Funnz thing was, in most other hostels, everzone is out bz 9am, but in amsterdam, everzone was asleep till at least 10... So, mz alarm is set, and using mz trustz timetable (2008 timetable b.c. STA travel didn't get new ones , but thez said it was the sametimetable as 09), I set off on the 6 hour trip from Holland to Berlin. Leaving amsterdam I arrived in amersfoot at 10 21 and had (according to mz 08 timetable) 6 minutes to get on the next train. I ran out ... read more

With Queensday festivities officially over last Friday morning, Koert and I took a day to rest before heading back onto the party scene again. We also engaged in a little healthful activity with a bike ride through Hoge Veluwe (pronounced ho-huh velu-wa) Park, the largest nature reserve in the country, and some brain-cell-rebuilding with a cultural visit to the Kroller-Muller Museum (which lies 5.5km beyond the park gate) on Saturday. With a few clouds keeping crowds to a minimum, Koert and I felt like intrepid explorers as we rolled, nearly alone, through an ever-changing series of landscapes - from green fields to lush forests, fine-sanded desert and two-toned savanna. We returned from our adventure with bellies full of the world's creamiest, meltiest, simplest vanilla ice cream and gave our bodies one more healthy boost of soup-and-salad ... read more

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So as many of you know, I'm finally back in Europe, and actually have been since Oct. 27, 2008...its only taken me 3 months to get my butt in gear and finally start up my blog again. Better late than never though I say! However, with all that's happened in the past couple months, I'm left wondering where to even begin! I guess first of all, I'm living in Wageningen. A little city known for its international university and research centre. I'm here on an AIESEC traineeship for one year and am working for a company called SHR (Stichting Hout Research)....its a wood research company. To be honest, its not my dream job, but realistically, do most people find their calling on an internship? Its still a lot of little odds and ends jobs that I've ... read more

Hoi hoi, Hier het 2e berichtje op onze travelblog. De laatste werkweek zit er bijna op, morgen de laatste dag en zondag vertrekken we uit ons appartementje. Inmiddels is ons eerste 'afscheids'-feestje in een besneeuwd Nederland een feit. Vanwege het plotselinge overlijden van mijn oom Martien stond dit in een heel ander daglicht. Gelukkig konden we met de hele familie bij de begrafenis aanwezig zijn en een volwaardig afscheid van hem nemen. Het was fijn om het verdriet te kunnen delen en goede herinneringen van Martien te kunnen op halen. We zullen 'm heel erg missen. Tot slot was het ook fijn om iedereen weer even te zien voordat we vertrekken naar Buenos Aires. Voor sommigen was de weg langer dan gedacht, wellicht is over 10mnd het werk-aan-de-weg af;-) Het was erg gezellig en de avond ... read more

Hey guys! First of all, I apologize for not posting sooner. Things have been a bit crazy here, but a good crazy I assure you. I have round up all the pictures I have taken of Mirjam´s house and surrounding neighborhood. This is where I have been staying these last few weeks. Enjoy!... read more