Blogs from North Brabant, Netherlands, Europe - page 18

What a rush - after planning this trip for 6 months, it seems to have completely rushed up on me in the last 2 months. Not surprising really, first with a trip to the US in the middle of April and then being pre-occupied with a house renovation that took a lot longer than planned and, finally, getting snowed under at work with international meetings and before you know, here we are just 4 days before we leave for Hongkong. Of course, it would be a huge understatement to say everyone is looking forward to it. We are very privileged to be able to do this trip. there are not many families that can afford either the time or money to spend 6 weeks travelling around the other side of the world for a summer vacation. ... read more

Yes people tomorow is the day...10.15 Durch time ill be flying to Lima Peru and from there to La Paz Bolivia. In total it would be around 17 hours of traveling and airoport waiting and arrival time is . La Paz is located at 3400m hight, I hope that I wont feel sick due to the lack of oxygen...anyway I already talked with my land lord and apparently no mater what time I arive a warm and helpful cup of mate de coca tea will be waiting. Talk to you all once I arive there....hope you keep checking and submiting your coments. Laterz... read more

Lieve vrienden, vriendinnen, familie en iedereen die zich niet niet onder een van deze noemers thuis voelt, Aangezien het nog slechts 2 nachtjes slapen is voordat ik naar de andere kant van de wereld vertrek en dus spoedig mijn vertrouwde vriendjes en vriendinnetjes moet gaan inruilen voor kangoeroes, wallabies en enkele aboriginals... dacht ik bij mezelf: het wordt tijd voor een site waardoor ik jullie toch een klein beetje mee kan nemen op al mijn avonturen! (en tegenwoordig sta je er helemaal naast als je tijdens je reis niet zo'n ontzettende blog bijhoudt... dus ik wil me in deze zeker niet laten kennen..) Donderdagochtend begint het grote avontuur dus.. om kwart voor tien 's ochtends verterkt mijn vliegtuig vanaf schiphol en na een kleine 24 uur te hebben genoten van alle on board services (lees alcoholische ... read more

Geo: 51.4366, 5.478 GÜN 10 Günlerden Cuma Sevgili Dostum Yalım ve Heike'den ayrılmak zor oldu.Buradan, Eindhoven çok yakın 140 km falan...Öğleden sonra öpüştük ve ayrıldık.Küçük kızım ve damadım Eindhoven'de oturur. Çok zorlanmadan evi bulduk kızım bizi karşılamak için izin almış evde bekliyordu. Hasretler giderildi.Akşamüstü Damadım gelince yine sohbetlere daldık ve belirgin bir saatten sonra izin isteyip otelimize gittik.Aslında onların yorgunluğu nedeniyle biz biraz Eindhoven By Night yapmak istedik ve Ayşe'ciğimle otelimize çok yakın olan Eindhoven Barlar sokağına daldık.Burası bizim Nevizade'nin Avrupa versiyonu.Biraz dolaştıktan sonra kendimize bir bar seçtik ve biralarımızı içerken gelen geçeni seyremeğe başladık.Be kardeşim ! 2 m den aşağı bir kız ya da bir erkek geçmiyor.Bir ara kendimizi devler ülkesinde lilliputlar gibi hisse... read more

10c, fine 22c, warm The last stop of the 'Matt road show' was Amsterdam. The mere mention of this city instantly conjures up sordid images of coffee shops, 'window shopping' and... windmills (okay that's not sordid.. but you get the idea). It's all true, you'll find whatever it is you're looking for in Amsterdam. I'd liken the parts of the city to a theme park - in your face, loud and noisy. Most people go to experience 'the atmosphere' (not the rides.. pardon the pun!) and not surprisingly nearly 95% of people in the red light district are tourists. This is not Holland but I never expected it to be. The first sight of a scantly clad teenager wearing lingerie behind a window was a bit a bit 'in your face', especially in broad daylight. ... read more